Bob Kolker wrote:
> Rudy Canoza wrote:
>
> >
> > People want things. They don't need things. Some wants are felt more
> > intensely than others, but they remain wants.
>
> We need food. Without it we die. That is a simple fact of human
> physiology. Obviously we want food because we need it.

No, you want the food. You want to continue to live - you don't "need"
to live - and food is *instrumentally* necessary to continue living,
just as golf clubs are necessary to play golf. I don't "need" golf
clubs; I *want* to play golf, and golf clubs are necessary if my want
is to be satisfied.