Do addicts have free will? An empirical approach to a vexing question

Introduction: This paper addresses two overlapping questions: Do addicts have the capacity to voluntarily quit drugs? And do individuals knowingly pursue courses of action that they realize are bad for them, such as excessive drug use? Methods: I propose two testable versions of free will. First, th...

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Main Author: Gene M. Heyman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Addictive Behaviors Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853216300530