Restricting motivation to desire-to-believe-p renders the account unable to explain why the self-deceived person's belief tracks the motivationally charged proposition rather than some arbitrary comfortable alternative.

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Desire-to-believe-p(the proposed explanation being critiqued in this statement): A person's wish to believe a specific claim (where 'p' represents any claim or statement), usually because they want it to be true rather than because evidence supports it.
Motivation(what makes people choose to do things): The desires, goals, or reasons that drive someone to act in a particular way.
Motivationally charged proposition(the specific type of belief that self-deceived people tend to adopt): A claim or statement that appeals to someone's desires or wishes—something they *want* to be true because it benefits them emotionally or psychologically.
Self-deception(Zhu Xi's account of wrongdoing): Allowing oneself to ignore the promptings of one's moral sense and become motivated solely by physical desires

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