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Full Idea
It is an adequacy constraint on any conception of desire that the epistemology of desire it recommends allows that subjects may be fallible about the desires they have.
Gist of Idea
Subjects may be fallible about the desires which explain their actions
Source
Michael Smith (The Moral Problem [1994], 4.5)
Book Ref
Smith,Michael: 'The Moral Problem' [Blackwell 1994], p.107
A Reaction
[I do wish authors would write my short versions instead of their rambling sentences!] Even after the event we may be unsure why we did something. If someone observes self-interest when I thought my action was altruistic, I don't know how to respond.