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Desire utilitarianism or Desire Fulfilment Theory is an ethical theory with meta-ethical, normative and applied ethics components. It uses a concepts from action theory, namely Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) Theory and value theory specifically where value is the relation between desires and states of affairs. It derives moral value as being a relation where desires themselves are the object of a desire. In the book A Better Place: Essays on Desire Utilitarianism, Alonzo Fyfe describes desire utilitarianism as "the idea that morality involves using praise and condemnation to promote desires that tend to fulfill other desires, and to inhibit desires that tend to thwart other desires."[1]