Summary: people who have an unacknowledged competing commitment end up sabotaging themselves. The proposed solution is to explicate this hidden reason for inaction and hopefully replace it with a more productive one.
My opinion: it is probably a good approach when the diagnosis is correct, however, the proposed reason for akrasia is likely just one of many possibilities, yet the article makes is sound like it’s almost always the one.
Summary: people who have an unacknowledged competing commitment end up sabotaging themselves. The proposed solution is to explicate this hidden reason for inaction and hopefully replace it with a more productive one.
My opinion: it is probably a good approach when the diagnosis is correct, however, the proposed reason for akrasia is likely just one of many possibilities, yet the article makes is sound like it’s almost always the one.