long-run values of mankind, and, perhaps the long-run purpose for which mankind still exists The Government, or more generally, the political sector," according to Deutsch, is the typical goal-attaining sub-system. "It is the government that organizes the society for the pursuit of whatever goals the society may have chosen. Pursuing a goal involves forming an image of it, which we may call an intention, and then finding ihe means implement the intention, or a course toward the goal