“It is frequently insufficient to identify the motives that guide our conduct, or that shape our attitudes and our thinking, just by observing vaguely that there are various things we want.”

—  Harry G. Frankfurt

That often leaves out too much. In numerous contexts, it is both more precise and more fully explanatory to say that there is something we care about.
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