Why do we desire

    • Are desires based on reasons?

      (36) To sum up, to the extent that desires are based on reasons, the fact of desire is not an additional reason. It is something like the agent’ s correctly registering reasons, where these are facts about the desire’ s object.


    • Can a desire be a response to a perceived reason?

      (“ [W]e can in general understand desire as a response to a perceived reason.” (38)) In these cases, reasons for acting are supplied entirely by the reasons to which the desire responds— “ a desire that is based on reasons does not add to the reasons on which it is based.”



    • What does it mean if we desire something but not desire it?

      13Incidentally, this provides a rough metric of possibility for goodness; if we desire something, but desire to not desire it, or vice versa, then this might indicate that we do not fully understand this thing. Brandt, Richard B. \\Goodness as the Satisfaction of Informed Desire". In: A Theory of the Good and the Right. Revised.


    • Why People Prefer Pleasure to Pain - JSTOR

      There are three answers to be considered. (1) We have a reason for wanting pleasure and for shunning pain. Our normal attitudes are guided by some rational insight about the nature of pleasurable and painful experiences. (2) Pleasure and pain do not in themselves provide any reason for wanting the one and shunning the other.


    • [PDF File]What is a good life? An analysis of desire satisfaction ...

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      Nozick’s argument: Doing \First," Nozick claims, \we want to do certain things, and not just have the experience of doing them." Nozick draws the distinction between things that we want the experience of doing, such as skydiving, and things that we want to have actually done, like community service and helping people.


    • [PDF File]Desires, Reasons, and Causes - University of Michigan

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      (“[W]e can in general understand desire as a response to a perceived reason.” (38)) In these cases, reasons for acting are supplied entirely by the reasons to which the desire responds—“a desire that is based on reasons does not add to the reasons on which it is based.”


    • [PDF File]11 DESIRE FULFILLMENT THEORY 2015. Routledge. All rights ...

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      The desire-fulfillment theory of well-being—also known as desire satisfactionism, preferentism, or simply the desire theory—holds, in its simplest form, that what is good in itself for people and other subjects of welfare is their getting what they want, or the fulfillment of their desires, and what is bad in itself for them is their not getting...


    • [PDF File]1. What is motivation and why does it matter? - ed

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      1. What is motivation and why does it matter? This is the first in a series of six papers from the Center on Education Policy exploring issues related to students’ motivation to learn. The major findings from all six papers are summarized in the CEP report Student Motivation—An Overlooked Piece of School Reform.


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