26 April 2026

Harry Frankfurt and the Desires We Have (and the Desires That Have Us)

Harry Frankfurt argued that what makes someone a person - rather than just a wanton creature of impulse - is the capacity to have preferences about one’s preferences: to want to be different from how one is.

We don’t just have desires; we have desires about the kind of desires we have and and even about the desires that have us.

No comments: