Assertion: second order desire | /r/HasProperty | intrinsic
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text: If one considers whether such a second-order desire is intrinsic or instrumental, the most reasonable conclusion is typically that the desire is instrumental: I desire not to act on my desire to yell because I desire to not have rocks thrown at my window, and I see not acting on my desire to yell as a means to not having rocks thrown at my window.
text: (Note that David Lewis' discussion of the role of second-order desires in valuing requires that they be intrinsic desires.