If truth is that the goal consists in certain things, rationality doesn’t oppose it in any way.
I’m going to presume that was meant to be “consists of”, because I can’t make the sentence parse as-is.
If you want to actually accomplish a goal, you must confirm that the “certain things” that the goal consists of are both possible and mutually compatible. If you don’t check that the goal is really attainable, then you don’t really hold it: claiming you’re seeking that end is part of your goaltree.
A person who never bothers to analyze whether his goals are attainable, and instead repeatedly asserts that they are so, isn’t actually trying to accomplish those things. Their assertion is just a means towards making some unknown, actual goal or goals.
I’m going to presume that was meant to be “consists of”, because I can’t make the sentence parse as-is.
If you want to actually accomplish a goal, you must confirm that the “certain things” that the goal consists of are both possible and mutually compatible. If you don’t check that the goal is really attainable, then you don’t really hold it: claiming you’re seeking that end is part of your goaltree.
A person who never bothers to analyze whether his goals are attainable, and instead repeatedly asserts that they are so, isn’t actually trying to accomplish those things. Their assertion is just a means towards making some unknown, actual goal or goals.