Introduction
Introduction
Provides a preview of the book's four main parts: (1) “Motivation and Action”; (2) “Motivation and Normativity”; (3) “Strength and Control” (more precisely, motivational strength and self‐control); and (4) “Decision, Agency, and Belief.” The chapter also identifies popular theses in motivational psychology, identifies a central element of the causal theory of agency to be defended, and explains why behavioral flexibility is a mark of motivation.
Keywords: actions and agency, behavioral flexibility, belief, causal theory of agency, decision, motivation, motivational psychology, motivational strength, normativity, self‐control
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