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Well, as far as I know, most traditional Christians would tend to agree with Blackburn's definition to some extent, and argue that under that definition, lust would be inherently objectifying. Since Blackburn defines lust as desire for sexual activity for its own sake, it's hard for me to see how that could not be objectifying, since you're having relations with the other person not for their sake, but for the sake of the sex. It should hardly need saying that the denunciation of that sort of lust doesn't mean that there's not something else that could be called lust which is in fact a virtue.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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