>[!abstract] >A lack of mental strength or willpower, or the tendency to act against one's better judgment (Wikipedia, 2025). > >Akrasia manifests itself in a rational agent choosing an option against their better overall judgment of the options available to them. It is "the motivational force of a want may be out of line with the agent’s evaluation of the object of that want" (The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2021). >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): [[Abulia]]; [[Cognitive dissonance]] >- **East** (different): [[Enkrateia]] >- **South** (downstream): [[Procrastination]]