Our goals are informed by both our values and cognitive rationality. We determine the best ends in our lives by introspecting and consulting our values. And we determine the best means by developing the most accurate views about the world possible and using reason to strategize. These two capacities come together to form wisdom. Meaning if you harbor biases distorting either your rational understanding or introspective inquiry, your goals will be distorted as well. This makes the process of eliminating arbitrary goals and constructing wise ones in their place a complex but crucial
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