Aim

Aim is a component of subject's orientation. It defines where the subject intends to go. Action is where the subject ends up going. In this framework, aim is modeled by a Frame, which defines a vector from the initial state $s_0$ to potential future states $\;\pi_\phi$.

Every concept in this framework is at the same time personal and transcendent. It maps to some psychological or phenomenological percept, and to something beyond subjective perception. It exists at the level of the subject and at the level of the ultimate, transcendent reality. Aim is part of our conscious subjective experience, and to a greater or lesser degree it is under our conscious control. Aim is also a part the ultimate reality that is unfolding in a certain direction, which we'll call ultimate.

Just as there are right judgements and wrong judgements, there is a right aim and a wrong aim. Subject's aim is good to the degree it is aligned with the ultimate aim. By definition, the right aim leads to good results, since it aims at a good future. And so the subject's aligment with the ultimate determines the degree of goodness of the outcome of Action.

Aim is not the same as intention. There's a difference between aiming at something, and intending something to happen. For example: When subject is poised to jump down a set of stairs, the aim is what determines the frame of jumping into the uncertain future $\;\pi_\phi$. If this probability distribution says 20% states end up in injury, and 80% in landing safely that doesn't mean that the part of subject intends to be injured. He might intend to land safely, but that doesn't change the context that the jump itself is dangerous.