PHIL 1110 Lecture 20: Thurs Nov 9 Human v. Person
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First order desires - a desire which has an action fo. If you do no reflecting on your desire, then yo. Second order desires - a desire which has another d. Frankfurt: a person is a being with free will. Second-order volition - a second-order desire which ha corresponding first-order desire, which actually leads t. You become more of a person each time you go. That a wants to x does not mean: That a does not have competing wants, even not x. That a is aware that a wants to x - may not be aware of what you actually want. Ex: a does not want to take drug. Ex: a does not want to steal prop. More together as a p to steal property sinc. Frankfurt: a person is a being who has one or more second-order volitions. )covers in degrees; since forming second-order desires is incremental.
