ABSTRACT
In the first place, some people at some times do desire things which one calls good. Otherwise, of course, no good action would ever be done. It is equally obvious that being thought good and being desired do not by any means always and necessarily go together. It is perfectly possible that there are certain objects which, under certain circumstances, would be desired by every one. The fact that they are not actually universally desired would be no disproof of this possibility. Moral judgments imply the notion of an ideal state of things, an ideal situation, which is such that, if it were once known and understood, it would be the supreme object of desire for every human being. It would be pointed out that desire is a feeling that one has towards all sorts of objects, worthy and unworthy alike.
