How temptation works, and why it nearly stopped me writing this
Temptation can be sneaky – a rationalising voice that subtly undermines your resolve. But there are ways to outsmart it
by John Schwenkler
John Schwenkler is Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University, and Humboldt Visiting Researcher at Leipzig University in Germany. He is the author of Anscombe’s Intention: A Guide (Oxford University Press, 2019), the co-editor of Becoming Someone New: Essays on Transformative Experience, Choice, and Change (Oxford University Press, 2020) and the co-author of Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts With a Method for Beginners (Wiley-Blackwell, 2nd ed, 2020).
