favoring

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of favor

noun

1. (philosophy) The act or state by which one favors something; preference.
   Unlike in Smith's case, however, here the relevant intuition does not concern a particular example, but moral favorings in general. Intuitively, it is said, what we morally ought to do simply does not depend on what we want to do. 2018, Stefan Fischer, The Origin of Oughtness: A Case for Metaethical Conativism, page 69