When a drug addict wants to have his or her drug of choice but at the same time wants to quit, he or she has a conflict of first-order desires. If the addict desires to have only the desire to quit, this desire is called __________, according to Frankfurt.

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According to Frankfurt, the desire to have only the desire to quit is a second-order desire, because it is a desire about a desire. Option B is incorrect because "abstinence" refers to refraining from using drugs, not a desire for quitting. Option C is incorrect because third-order desires are desires about desires about desires, which does not apply to this scenario. Option D is incorrect because "self-forming choice" is not a term used by Frankfurt in relation to this particular concept.

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