Yes, goals re ethics are rooted in emotion. The actual problem, which is definitely occurring on this topic, is when acting on snap emotional judgements comprom

Yes, goals re ethics are rooted in emotion. The actual problem, which is definitely occurring on this topic, is when acting on snap emotional judgements compromises the longer term emotional desires that matter more. It's using emotions to work forward from your emotional goals, instead of logic that would actually acheive them. This is definitely still a case of (specific and qualitatively different) emotions triumphing over logic, so I don't think it's crazy to talk about it that way. I mean, you're right in the big picture, but in a practical sense with the way people usually think about "emotion", it's not a terribly effectual perspective.