• Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.

    Joseph Butler: Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.
    Joseph Butler, Stephen L. Darwall (1983). “Five Sermons, Preached at the Rolls Chapel and A Dissertation Upon the Nature of Virtue”, p.47, Hackett Publishing