Personal Rules and Rational Willpower

Authors

Michael E. Bratman

Library of Congress Authority File

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79122466

Document Type

AALS: Rationality of Rule-Following

Abstract

In this Article the author makes remarks on the rationality of rule following, focusing on the case of committing oneself in advance to a personal rule with an eye to resisting certain temptations. The author discusses why, in this case, it may be puzzling how it could be rational to follow the rule. And he explores two lines of argument for understanding how such rule-following can, nevertheless, be rational.

Recommended Citation

Michael E. Bratman, Personal Rules and Rational Willpower, 42 San Diego L. Rev. 61 (2005).
Available at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol42/iss1/7