What does it mean to not have the will one wants

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Question 1) What is a "first-order" desire? Give an example.

Question 2) Is wanting to exercise a second-order desire? Why or why not?

Question 3) Frankfurt says that one "essential difference" between persons and other creatures is "to be found in the structure of a person's will" (12). What does that mean? How is the structure of a person's will different from that of a puppy's?

Question 4) The notion of the will "is the notion of an effective desire," (14). What is an "effective desire"? Is a desire that isn't effective still a first-order desire? Why or why not?

Question 5) "The unwilling addict's will is not free," (21) because it is "not the will he wants." What does it mean to not have the will one wants?

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