Kate is a writer. Her strongest desire is that her books be as good as possible. Because she cares so much about the quality of her books, she finds her work rewarding. If her desire to write good books was much weaker, she would find her work boring. She knows this, and she accepts the Hedonistic Theory about self-interest. She therefore believes that it is better for her that her strongest desire is that her books be as good as possible. But, because of the strength of this desire, she often works so hard, and for so long, that she collapses with exhaustion, and is, for a period, very
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