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For imagine someone who desires a certain end and believes that acting in a particular way is a way of achieving that end. His having this desire and means–end belief is not enough to guarantee that he has a desire for the means, because he may be means–end irrational: his psychology may not have evolved so as to meet the requirements of instrumental rationality. His desire and means–end belief must be put together in the way required for desiring the means. But how is this putting together of desire and means–end belief accomplished?