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First-order desires and Second-order volitions... based on Harry Frankfurt's "Freedom of the Will and Concept of a person".... i'm really proud of this paper, but the teacher only gave a B T_T
Title: First-order desires and Second-order volitions... based on Harry Frankfurt's "Freedom of the Will and Concept of a person".... i'm really proud of this paper, but the teacher only gave a B T_T
Category: Social Sciences / Philosophy
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First-order desires and Second-order volitions... based on Harry Frankfurt's "Freedom of the Will and Concept of a person".... i'm really proud of this paper, but the teacher only gave a B T_T
Christopher Sipe
05/08/04
Philosophy 101
Prof. M. Gligarov
First-order Desires and Second-order Volitions
<Tab/>In his Freedom of Will and Concept of a Person, Harry Frankfurt asserts that the common philosophical approach to the concept of a person is wrong, as it interferes with his own perception. Frankfurt mentions Strawson's definition: "the concept of a type of entity such that both predicates ascribing states of consciousness and predicates ascribing corporeal characteristics . . . are equally …showed first 75 words of 768 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 768 total…addict has freedom of will because he has a volition of the second order. However, there is some wisdom in the saying "Ignorance is bliss." Because the creature who is the wanton addict has no second-order volitions, he is ignorant of what the drug may be doing to his body and therefore has no care as to what first-order desire is paramount. Furthermore, the wanton addict no longer has a conflict between his first-order desires.
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