Jun 30, 2025
Should you go to the gym even though you don’t want to? One possible answer is something like: “yes, you should go because it’s good for you, if you only do what you want you’ll just scroll your phone all day”. This is a reasonable answer. I would call the “wanting” as understood here hedonistic-wanting, in that it’s about what’s viscerally pleasurable.
Another alternative answer could consider a broader conception of wanting,
gap between reinforcement and pleasure
in the broad frame not wanting soemthing is a lot like considering many aspets of the thing choosing not to