An interesting consequence of Smith's proposal is that it makes it rational to have certain intrinsic desires, and irrational to lack other intrinsic desires, depending on what one believes to be true.
(2008), who, using data from a German two-wave panel study, find that the stability of family size desires depends on level of education, income and marital status.
Equipped with this distinction, motivational hedonists can claim that one's every basic desire has one's own pleasure as its object, and one's every non-basic desire depends on one's thinking this will or might bring one pleasure.
Desire depends on being thwarted.
Because (and she knew this absolutely, without ever saying it to herself) her desire depended on her perfection in the eyes of the man.
Scholars say the decision to act on a desire depends on past positive associations that a person has between a particular stimulus and a behavior.
The participants reported being generally satisfied with their relationships and sex lives, but women reported lower levels of desire depending on the length of their relationship.
For instance, detection of susceptible animals was done more accurately in line A using RF, whereas the Bayesian regressions were preferred in line B. Thus, a different method may be desired depending on the objective of the breeding program.
The price of the initial option may be a few pennies per dose desired (depending on the stage at which it is purchased), but the holder of the option may then receive a discount of several dollars off the ultimate purchase price.
Thus, my reason to drink hot chocolate depends on my desires, and likewise my reason to help a stranger depends on my desires, according to the Humean.
