Novalis challenges some fuzzy-minded, pop psych notions of addiction and volition. Here is an excerpt:
The problem is that the very concept of addiction is controversial and
philosophically problematic, touching on great questions of free will,
emotion, and even spirituality. Most of this is beyond the scope of
this post (and, it must be said, beyond the scope of this amateur
philosopher), but it seems safe to say that addictions are never entirely chosen nor entirely
determined. They always hover somewhere in between, and it's hard to
get one's mind around that (sort of like the uncertainty principle of
quantum mechanics on a psychological level, perhaps).
It's a good post. Read the rest.
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