Desire, time and ethical weight
Analysis and metaphysics, vol. 4, no. 2, 2006, pp. 59–83
Abstract
The duration of a desire should be measured in units of subjective time in order to determine its ethical weight. Desires of longer duration have greater ethical weights. Latent desires that exist only while the subject is unconscious lack ethical significance. Even if desires are active, if the subject was not conscious of other things while they had the desire, it still carries no ethical weight. – AI-generated abstract.
