The thief of time : philosophical essays on procrastination

Notes on the Contributors . . xi 
Introduction . . 3 

PART I 
1 Procrastination: The Basic Impulse . . 11 
2 Economic Models of Procrastination . . 28 
3 Is Procrastination Weakness of Will? . . 51 
4 Intransitive Preferences, Vagueness, and the Structure of Procrastination . . 68 
5 Bad Timing . . 87 

PART II 
6 Prudence, Procrastination, and Rationality . . 99 
7 Procrastination and Personal Identity . . 115 
8 The Vice of Procrastination . . 130 
9 Virtue for Procrastinators . . 151 
10 Procrastination as Vice . . 165 

PART III 
11 Overcoming Procrastination through Planning . . 185 
12 Coping with Procrastination . . 206 
13 Resisting Procrastination: Kantian Autonomy and the Role of the Will . . 216 
14 Procrastination and the Extended Will . . 233 
15 Procrastination and the Law . . 253 

Bibliography . . 275 
Index . . 293