In our society when someone is highly intoxicated they cannot legally consent to sexual activities - they do have a choice still and are deciding it... we just understand that their thought process is being extremely heavily influenced by an outside source.
For an addict it becomes not a choice, I'm not absolving every addict of everything ever but addiction really screws with your brain and if you have an addictive personality you can end up feeling compelled to do something even while fully accepting you'll feel guilty about it later.
From a technical & mechanical perspective the person has made a choice, from an agency perspective the scenario is less clear and we generally understand that intoxication (either through physical addictions or obsessions) can lower the responsibility of the party involved... and there are a lot of examples toward and against this point in society[1] but I don't think we can clearly consider this a choice.
1. For instance drunk driving is considered in the opposite manner where choosing to drive drunk assumes a greater responsibility, and implies a greater agency, on the actor.
For an addict, its still a choice between continue or work extremely hard to give it up. Sure, you can consider it not a choice, its your preference but I do consider is a choice, I think many other people do as well.
This is a little true, but it's not all true. Just like a drowning man grabs his rescuer uncontrollably, drowning them both, there are actions you may take that you can't fully control. Sometimes a choice is being made, but it isn't being made when you think it's being made.
For an addict it becomes not a choice, I'm not absolving every addict of everything ever but addiction really screws with your brain and if you have an addictive personality you can end up feeling compelled to do something even while fully accepting you'll feel guilty about it later.
From a technical & mechanical perspective the person has made a choice, from an agency perspective the scenario is less clear and we generally understand that intoxication (either through physical addictions or obsessions) can lower the responsibility of the party involved... and there are a lot of examples toward and against this point in society[1] but I don't think we can clearly consider this a choice.
1. For instance drunk driving is considered in the opposite manner where choosing to drive drunk assumes a greater responsibility, and implies a greater agency, on the actor.