Throughout the world the people of the newly developing nations are struggling for economic and social progress which reflects their deepest desires.

An exception to this could include a politician whose " weasel words " and obfuscation are necessary to gain support from multiple constituents with mutually exclusive conflicting desires from their candidate of choice.

Unless one is completely freed of all material desires, which are caused by the dense darkness of ignorance, one cannot fully engage in the devotional service of the Lord.

It has been suggested that this position can be lucidly brought out through the metaphor of " direction of fit ": beliefs — the paradigmatic products of reason — are propositional attitudes that aim to have their content fit the world ; conversely, desires — or what Hume calls passions, or sentiments — are states that aim to fit the world to their contents.

Though a metaphor, it has been argued that this intuitive way of understanding Hume's theory that desires are necessary for motivation " captures something quite deep in our thought about their nature ".

Egoism and altruism both contrast with ethical utilitarianism, which holds that a moral agent should treat one's self ( also known as the subject ) with no higher regard than one has for others ( as egoism does, by elevating self-interests and " the self " to a status not granted to others ), but that one also should not ( as altruism does ) sacrifice one's own interests to help others ' interests, so long as one's own interests ( i. e. one's own desires or well-being ) are substantially equivalent to the others ' interests and well-being.

Egoism, utilitarianism, and altruism are all forms of consequentialism, but egoism and altruism contrast with utilitarianism, in that egoism and altruism are both agent-focused forms of consequentialism ( i. e. subject-focused or subjective ), but utilitarianism is called agent-neutral ( i. e. objective and impartial ) as it does not treat the subject's ( i. e. the self's, i. e. the moral " agent's ") own interests as being more or less important than the interests, desires, or well-being of others.

At the same time, we know the desires and needs of others only imperfectly, and we are not well situated to pursue them.

[...] We should care about the interests of other people for the very same reason we care about our own interests ; for their needs and desires are comparable to our own.

There are several schools of Hedonist thought ranging from those advocating the indulgence of even momentary desires to those teaching a pursuit of spiritual bliss.

Without the price system to match consumer utility to incentives for production, or even indicate those utilities " without providing incentives ", state planners are much less likely to invest in new ideas to satisfy consumers ' desires.

Those who invest in accordance with consumers desires are rewarded with profits, those who do not are forced to become more efficient or go out of business.

That alone is in our power, which is our own work ; and in this class are our opinions, impulses, desires, and aversions.

Egoism and altruism both contrast with ethical utilitarianism, which holds that a moral agent should treat one's self ( also known as the subject ) with no higher regard than one has for others ( as egoism does, by elevating self-interests and " the self " to a status not granted to others ), but that one also should not ( as altruism does ) sacrifice one's own interests to help others ' interests, so long as one's own interests ( i. e. one's own desires or well-being ) are substantially-equivalent to the others ' interests and well-being.

Egoism, utilitarianism, and altruism are all forms of consequentialism, but egoism and altruism contrast with utilitarianism, in that egoism and altruism are both agent-focused forms of consequentialism ( i. e. subject-focused or subjective ), but utilitarianism is called agent-neutral ( i. e. objective and impartial ) as it does not treat the subject's ( i. e. the self's, i. e. the moral " agent's ") own interests as being more or less important than if the same interests, desires, or well-being were anyone else's.

The desires to live and to procreate are counted by Aquinas among those basic ( natural ) human values on which all other human values are based.

Legislative votes are determined by the intensity of personal preference, desires of constituents, and, ultimately, what will lead to the particular legislator ’ s greatest utility.

These people are so locked into the world, by default some sort of transcendence is located elsewhere, and obviously machines become the totem they imbue with sacred properties, wishes, hopes, goals, desires, dreams.

Thought is a mental act that allows human beings to make sense of things in the world, and to represent and interpret them in ways that are significant, or which accord with their needs, attachments, goals, commitments, plans, ends, desires, etc.

Now all his desires centered on `` rediscovering and singing of the prosaic and yet beautiful world of men and objects so long barred from me by a barbed wire fence ''.

For many nights afterward, the idea of her having been so close to me in that imagined bed would return and fill me with obscure and painful desires, would cause me to lie awake in shame, tossing with irresolution, longing to fall into a deep sleep.

This is well evidenced by the Quietist doctrines carried over in Zen: the idea of the inward turning of thought, the enjoinder to put aside desires and perturbations so that a return to purity, peace, and stillness -- a union with the Infinite, with the Tao -- could be effected.

Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and so value independence and self-reliance while opposing external interference upon one's own interests by society or institutions such as the government.

The purpose of Jain worship or prayer is to break the barriers of the worldly attachments and desires, so as to assist in the liberation of the soul.

" Invert " described the opposite gender roles and the related attraction to women instead of men ; since women in the Victorian period were considered unable to initiate sexual encounters, women who did so with other women were thought of as possessing masculine sexual desires.

When Pope Urban had said these ... things in his urbane discourse, he so influenced to one purpose the desires of all who were present, that they cried out " It is the will of God!

Ema are small wooden plaques that wishes or desires are written upon and left at a place in the shrine grounds so that one may get a wish or desire fulfilled.

The etymology of sharia as a " path " or " way " comes from the Qur ' anic verse: " Then we put thee on the ( right ) Way of religion so follow thou that ( Way ), and follow not the desires of those who know not.

In Dillon v. Gloss ( 1921 ), the Supreme Court affirmed that Congress — if it so desires — could provide a deadline for ratification, writing:

In like manner, I apprehend, the sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything is desirable, is that people do actually desire it … No reason can be given why the general happiness is desirable, except that each person, so far as he believes it to be attainable, desires his own happiness … we have not only all the proof which the case admits of, but all which it is possible to require, that happiness is a good: that each person's happiness is a good to that person, and the general happiness, therefore, a good to the aggregate of all persons .”

It soon became the one absorbing object of Henry's desires to annul his marriage to Queen Catherine so he would be free to marry Anne.

Nor do I believe that there ever existed so strange a prodigy upon the earth, made up in such a manner of the most various, and different and inconsistent studies and desires. From Cicero's Pro Caelio ( V )

They may consider that the direct harm of the activity in question is so great that the people involved need to be protected against their own actions, regardless of their desires.

She and other RAF members attempted to kidnap her children so that they could be sent to a camp for Palestinian orphans and educated there according to her desires ; however, the twins were intercepted in Sicily and returned to their father, in part due to the intervention of Stefan Aust.

It is said too that she was the daughter of Faunus, and that she resisted the amorous advances of her father who had fallen in love with her, so that he even beat her with myrtle twigs because she did not yield to his desires though she had been made drunk by him on wine.

If the player so desires, they can explore the area simply for fun without progressing the game's narrative.

While king, he desires Eochaid Sálbuide's daughter Ness, but she will only consent to marry him if he allows her son Conchobar to be king for a year, so his sons will be the sons of a king.

The Security Council shall hold periodic meetings at which each of its members may, if it so desires, be represented by a member of the government or by some other specially designated representative.

He recognised no activity without motion, and so referred all activities of the soul to motion: the desires and emotions to corporeal motion, judgment ( kriseis ) and contemplation to spiritual motion.

Socrates taught that no one desires what is bad, and so if anyone does something that truly is bad it must be unwillingly or out of ignorance ; consequently, all virtue is knowledge.

However, he did not have a clear idea of what the Children of Ilúvatar would be like, and because of the presence of the chaos caused by Melkor, Aulë made the Dwarves strong and unyielding, and not willing to endure the domination of others, as well as embodying some of his values and desires for Middle-earth.

The publisher, for its part, is trying to meet the desires of its readers, who often have strong and specific expectations of the publisher's stories.

Mary makes it clear that women “ had strong sexual desires and that it was degrading and immoral to pretend otherwise .”< ref > Kreis, Steven.

In the context of romantic love relationships, romance usually implies an expression of one's strong romantic love, or one's deep and strong emotional desires to connect with another person intimately.

His family had deep respect for the Syed Ahmad Khan, and his father had strong views and desires for young Liaqat Ali Khan to educated in the British educational system ; therefore, his family admitted Ali Khan to famous Aligarh Muslim University ( AMU ) to study law and political science.

However, they inhibited by the Mara, forces that seek to pollute with earthly desires, and Buddha who believe that Senju is not strong enough to protect Sachi from harm.

Speaking generally, the and the Pārāyanavagga tend more strongly to emphasize the negative sides of asceticism ( i. e., asceticism as a process of negating desire ), and show a strong concern with regulating everyday bodily activities and sexual desires.

: Oh, Saint Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires.

Though the works of male romancers during Marie ’ s time often focused on the need to balance personal needs and social responsibilities, Marie ’ s works have a strong female focus — especially on the personal desires of those female characters.

It is characteristic of Amram's method to avoid extreme rigor ; thus he decides that a slave who has embraced Judaism, but desires to postpone the necessary circumcision until he feels strong enough for it, is not to be hurried ( ib.

After expressing strong desires to use their performing talents in a way that would be both entertaining and inspiring, they decided to form a new group, Jericho Road.

As a boy his strong desires led his parents to place him, after some preliminary teaching from a passing Italian artist, in a free school of art directed by M. Constantin, a landscape painter of some reputation.

The contracts are not legally binding, but the agreements have effective power in the context of the novels because any slave, or owner, who violates the contract terms can be ostracized from the secret community of the marketplace — for those whose desires and orientations lead them to membership in that community, being prevented from participating is a very strong motivation to follow the terms of the contracts.

His abstinence from drugs, non-conjugal sex, and uncontrolled desires shows his strong character.

His abstinence from drugs, non-conjugal sex, and uncontrolled desires shows his strong character.