incontinence

<ethics, justice> inability to act reasonably because of weakness of will; lack of self-control. Recommended Reading: Alfred R. Mele, Irrationality: An Essay on Akrasia, Self-Deception, and Self-Control (Oxford, 1992) and Robert Dunn, The Possibility of Weakness of Will (Hackett, 1987).

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