To approach issues of desire regulation, we will draw both on the literature of self- control and emotion regulation. The self- control literature is central because desires are driving forces that …

Desire is a central concept in Aristotle’s ethical and psychological works, but he does not provide us with a systematic treatment of the notion itself. This book reconstructs the account of desire …

The theory defended holds that only desires in the latter, genuine-attraction sense are relevant to welfare. The desire-satisfaction theory of well-being says, in its simplest form, that a person’s …

In these models, desires represent an individual’s immediate needs and therefore typically stand in the way of a person’s longer-term goals.

These chapters describe sexual similarities in mate preferences, universal sex differences, and cultural variation. Universal preferences include the desire for mates who are kind, …

(2013) classify desires into two classes: temptation vs. non-temptation. They define non-temptation desires as “low conflict desires” (p.2) that people do not attempt to resist.

Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one’s faith. The viewing, printing or downloading of this book grants you only a limited, nonexclusive …