ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author looks at the connection Hegel observes between logic and Action, which has implications on judgement and the notion of practical truth in human conduct. He focuses on the notion of right desire, the wanting to do right, which involves an attitude and disposition which defies the analytical distinction between reason and desire. The author argues that distinctions between reason and desire arise in certain empirical situations, reflected in examples such as akrasia and bad conscience. The standard analysis of akrasia very much rests on the distinction between reason and desire, and there is plenty of material in NE to suggest that this is the case with Aristotle. One aspect of human conduct that has puzzled many philosophers in recent times is the phenomenon of weakness of will or akrasia. Finally, the author explains some of the problems related to the phenomenon of akrasia.
