Full Idea
We can identify an intentional action ...with an all-out conditional judgement that the action is desirable. ...In the case of pure intending, I now suggest that the intention simply is an all-out judgement.
Gist of Idea
An intending is a judgement that the action is desirable
Source
Donald Davidson (Intending [1978], p.99), quoted by Rowland Stout - Action 8 'Davidson's'
Book Reference
Stout,Rowland: 'Action' [Acumen 2005], p.120
A Reaction
'Pure' intending seems to be what Stout calls 'prior' intending, which is clearer. This still strikes me as obviously false. I judge that it is desirable that I make a cup of coffee, but secretly I'm hoping someone else will make it for me.