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