And a conscious choice is precisely what is required for a (good) action to be considered moral, a good instinct or good inclinations may make us good, may even be desirable, but by itself this is not enough to make us moral.
I see happiness as I was taught to see it – a desirable by-product of working hard at school, following instructions from all forms of authority and never thinking for myself, but immoral if pursued as a goal in itself.
For market actors, solving climate- and climate change-related problems is a desirable by-product not an inherent purpose (Twigg 2001).
The products formaldehyde and dimethylether were desirable by-products from a methane partial oxidation process, hence these oxides are considered to be suitable catalyst components.
In addition, there may be other desirable by-products such as more intensive training opportunities and easier recruitment of patients into trials.
In his pieces, Shimoyama strives for his characters to appear "desirous and desirable" by toeing the line between being plucked from a fairy tale and appearing as a neighbor boy from down the street.
In his pieces, Shimoyama strives for his characters to appear "desirous and desirable" by toeing the line between being plucked from a fairy tale and appearing as a neighbor boy from down the street.
He then turns to defend the claim that happiness is the only thing desirable in itself, by arguing that apparent counterexamples (e.g., desires for virtue for its own sake) are not inconsistent with his claim (IV 5 8).
But that desirable goal does not by itself justify the cost or the compressed timetable of the current plan, which would tie up too many public resources at a time when there are precious few.
"He made it desirable by making it good; he made it popular by making it inexpensive".
