"It's actually possible for people to take actions which they don't prefer to take." -- ??!! Perhaps you might mean that a person's preferences might change ov

"It's actually possible for people to take actions which they don't prefer to take." -- ??!! Perhaps you might mean that a person's preferences might change over time and depending on the situation (e.g. I might prefer today that I save more money tomorrow than I would actually feel like saving tomorrow, or I would prefer not to become a heroin addict, etc.) -- but I can't see how a person can take a decision that is not preferred at the moment s/he is taking it (except perhaps in the case of being indifferent and picking a decision at random)?