They are believed to exist apart from actual conditions. The continuous reconstruction of experience, getting better, improving, perfecting, refining. Movement from disequilibrium to equilibrium. Growth means the same as education. Education means moral improvement.
Moral improvement means improvement of oneself in the situation.
Fixing oneself and fixing the situation cannot be separated, any more than bettering oneself and bettering society can be separated. Thus, the process is itself valuable. Movement in a positive direction bears with it a sense of meaningful continuity between means and ends. Acquired tendency or disposition. Accustomed manner of acting, automatic as opposed to spontaneous.