 Bratman (1987) argues that these advantages are best secured if our intentions are consistent with one another and with our beliefs, if they conform to principles of means-end coherence—for instance, that when we intend E and believe that intending M is necessary to achieve E, we also intend M, and if they are resistant to reconsideration. There is, he claims, a ‘pragmatic rationale’ for such requirements, ‘one grounded in [their] long-run contribution to getting what we (rationally) want’ (Bratman 1987, p. 35).