September 19, 2025ReligionsOpen Access

The Threefold Nature of Desire and Its Implications for Ethics and Theology

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This analysis distinguishes bodily desires, desires for perfection, and values, suggesting their implications for ethics and theology.

Distinguishing between desires for perfection and value-responses reshapes the understanding of the good.
The study argues for the importance of cultivating value-responses alongside desires for perfection in personal development.
Attributing desires entailed in value-responses to an absolutely perfect being could resolve conflicting notions of perfection.
The framework redefines traditional ethical thought by incorporating the nuanced categories of desire and value.

Martin Cajthaml (2025) studied this question.

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