First vs Second Order Desires (Frankfurt's Volitions) 

I've always thought of my second (and higher) order desires as evidence of my free will as opposed to just what my body wants to do, but obviously it can be argued that having desires about desires just part of the body/brain and therefore is just part of the illusion of free will. Either way it was pretty interesting to see something I've thought so much about actually have a name. There really is nothing new under the sun lol. Good video!

I love this kind of stuff!

Great! I’m excited

I came to a similar idea. I wanted to explain how happiness can come from attaining values when values can be destructive. The solution is to say that happiness is the fulfilment of the highest order of values. A drunkard has the value to drink, but if they regret drinking the next day, then they had a higher-order value not to drink. My hypothesis was that there is an ultimate value, eudaimonia, that we may not be of conscious of but is nonetheless entailed in the very activity of living. A hedonist might object by saying that first-order values are more genuine -- a base that makes the notion of happiness even possible. However, it seems there is not a base because valuation is a result of rational thinking, and rational thinking can be done in the smallest or broadest context at any given time. Here I think is where 'desire' is misleading because it implies there is a base, like an animal instinct. Now humans may be born with some animal instinct but the definition of a human is a rational animal. I might argue that values don't begin with animal instincts, but are rather generated from the ultimate value. The language of first and second-order desires can easily confuse because it would seem impossible to have the highest order desire prior to a lower order desire but that seems more a problem for that distinction. I am quite satisfied in thinking that there are values that deal with narrower or broader contexts, and values in the broadest context generate the values in the narrower contexts when rational thinking is applied.

To me it is just a series of causation leading to a motivation for some act or another

Third order desires sound like guilty pleasure. Or i could be wrong lol. Haven't put much thought into it yet. Too abstract. Gotta sit and think.

Have you created a playlist on Philosophy of Mind videos?

Sounds similar to doxastic logic in the sense of a “belief of belief” so are there first order beliefs etc?

I wish all orders of my desires would align ... my transfinite dream come true

Perfect except you didn't touch the person/wanton distinction

Dont ever stop bro, despite the cringe atheism.

Great as always May I have your email?

Someone should tip for Heterophenomenology and the scientific method.

Second.