Willing, Wanting, Waiting provides a unified account of intention, choice, weakness of will, strength of will, temptation, addiction, and freedom of the will. Drawing on recent psychological research, it argues that, rather than being the pinnacle of rationality, the central components of the will are there to compensate for our inability to make or maintain sound judgments.

Introduction 1. Intention 2. Belief 3. Choice 4. Weakness of Will 5. Temptation 6. Strength of Will 7. Rationality 8. Freedom Bibliography

Richard Holton , Massachusetts Institute of Technology