Imagined favorable consequences, stripped from their relation to possible actions, can become objects of worship, if one forgets their origin in deliberation, if one forgets what they were for in the first place. Imagining ideals or ends or consequences is part of a process of trying to figure out how to fix a situation. Superstition is an illusory short cut from real to ideal, without passing through hard work and effort. Deliberation is a momentary detachment or withdrawal from the outward situation in order to figure out how to reconstruct or redirect the situation. It is a strategic retreat rather than an escape.
Democracy describes customs that are instruments for growth, both socially and personally.
Foreseen consequences, present anticipations of future outcomes. Ends that are not connected to means or strategies, that are not seen as possible outcomes of real conditions in the situation. They are believed to exist apart from actual conditions. The continuous reconstruction of experience, getting better, improving, perfecting, refining. Movement from disequilibrium to equilibrium.