These I call principles. Thus does it follow that IF one wishes to accomplish a specific end, one must select appropriate means discovered and known only by conformity with objective reality. There is nothing complex or contrary in the foregoing. Indeed, every conscious and functioning individual adheres to this criteria in hundreds, if not thousands, of daily evaluations, valuations and accomplishments. In simplicity, within the scope of one's knowledge, it just a matter of identifying entities and relationships and determining how they relate to one's goal or goals.
Serious problems arise when a dual value system is introduced into a singular objective reality.
Such a consistent reality cannot and does not accommodate conflicting values in a manner to achieve contradiction. Unfortunately, most do not recognize the actual circumstance and wind up with thinking unconsciously designed for a dual reality that does not exist. The end result, of course, is not what is consciously desired and expected. What is rarely recognized is that apart from conscious desire of a specific end is often a subconscious desire of a completely opposite end that is unrecognized by the holder. The consciously adverse end result, often, if not always, satisfies an unconscious value in the dual value system.