I probably should have mentioned Frankfurt’s work, but I was being petty and declined to do so because he irritates me by calling second-order desire a criterion for personhood. Moreover, I wasn’t trying to get into the notion of “will” or what second-order desire is for; I just wanted to provide a summary and some examples because someone had asked about it, and if the post is well-received I’ll follow up with more complicated stuff.
I probably should have mentioned Frankfurt’s work, but I was being petty and declined to do so because he irritates me by calling second-order desire a criterion for personhood.
Hardly an excuse for academic dishonesty. Okay, this forum is hardly ‘academic’, but the point stands.
Harry Frankfurt, who came up with the original idea, did a much better job in explaining in my opinion. (Why are you not referring to his paper?)
Here is the link for the curious: http://www.usfca.edu/philosophy/pdf%20files/Freedom%20of%20the%20Will%20and%20the%20Concept%20of%20a%20Person.pdf
I probably should have mentioned Frankfurt’s work, but I was being petty and declined to do so because he irritates me by calling second-order desire a criterion for personhood. Moreover, I wasn’t trying to get into the notion of “will” or what second-order desire is for; I just wanted to provide a summary and some examples because someone had asked about it, and if the post is well-received I’ll follow up with more complicated stuff.
Still, at least a hat-tip is obviously warranted.
Hardly an excuse for academic dishonesty. Okay, this forum is hardly ‘academic’, but the point stands.