., desirable for its own sake.
Mill later argues that only happiness is desirable (IV 4).
A clean, valid driving licence and willingness to drive service user vehicles is desirable.
Although his new power makes change possible, it could also make it seem less necessary or less desirable.
This fixes desirable qualities in the seed.
Others have argued that democracy is not desirable at all.
After all, the basic idea behind the Fitting Attitudes approach is that “good” is like “desirable”.
Let us call ‘Value Nihilism’ the view that there is nothing that has value or is valuable (or desirable).
IN THE marketplaces of planet Earth diamonds are both desirable and scarce, and that makes them expensive.
If unconditional judgement presents its object as more desirable than any alternative, Davidson’s theory wrongly prohibits such choice.
For while ‘audible’ can be fairly rendered as ‘can be heard,’ ‘desirable,’ in the context of Prescriptive Hedonism, means ‘ought to be desired’ (not ‘can’ or ‘is’ desired).
First, unlike anything else, there is no conceivable circumstance in which we regard our own moral goodness as worth forfeiting simply in order to obtain some desirable object.
Three classifications of consequences are often considered: direct or indirect consequences, anticipated versus unanticipated consequences, and desirable or undesirable consequences.
Egalitarianism might be upheld as a moral requirement, a component of what we fundamentally owe one another, or as morally optional, a desirable ideal that we might permissibly decline to pursue.
In “The Intentional Fallacy,” he says that the intentions of the artist are neither “available nor desirable” (p. 367), with this meaning that such intentions aren't always available and are never desirable.
The quality of the fish catch has steadily decreased, however, as a result of pollution in many lakes, with the more desirable species becoming less plentiful and the less desirable species gradually dominating the total.
In that case S may be designedly calling attention to, hence trying to vouch for the truth of, some plausible account of why she couldn’t do this—why her respect for the maxims actually puts each of these more desirable-looking contributions off limits.
A 2016 study found that men and women who make eco-friendly purchases are perceived as more desirable for long-term relationships, while those who make luxury purchases are perceived as more physically attractive and more desirable for short-term relationships.
Assortative mating done with the hope that by selection of a mate with desirable traits one will affect the likelihood that one's children will have similar desirable traits is a means of influencing the genetic makeup of individuals that does not require advanced genetic knowledge.
‘That which is desired is desirable’ is a statement of the easy-going man who wishes to encourage people to leave their present desires unchanged; and conversely, the statement, ‘That which is desired is not desirable’ is characteristic of the stern reformer, who seeks to alter or inhibit existing desires.
desirable
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- worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
adj all
- worth having or seeking or achieving
Example: a desirable job
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