In general, belief in or appeal to explanation in terms of ends or purposes.
As an ethical doctrine teleology claims that our duties are specifiable in terms of the production of some value.
Teleology is perhaps rather wider than consequentialism as it includes such views as that an act is our duty if doing it will promote our own virtue.
Also see: deontology
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?
- 2.2 Aristotle on Teleology (Oxford Aristotle Studies) (Oxford Aristotle Studies Series)
- 2.3 On Purpose
- 2.4 Teleology [Explicit]
- 2.5 Teleology
- 2.6 Teleology in the Ancient World: Philosophical and Medical Approaches
- 2.7 Teleology
- 2.8 The Critique of Judgement
- 2.9 Moral Sprouts and Natural Teleologies: 21st Century Moral Psychology Meets Classical Chinese Philosophy (The Aquinas Lecture, 2014)
- 2.10 Teleology
Videos
The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?
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- Davies, Paul (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 340 Pages - 04/29/2008 (Publication Date) - Mariner Books (Publisher)
Aristotle on Teleology (Oxford Aristotle Studies) (Oxford Aristotle Studies Series)
- Johnson, Monte Ransome (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 352 Pages - 03/20/2008 (Publication Date) - Oxford University Press, USA (Publisher)
On Purpose
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Ruse, Michael (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 305 Pages - 10/31/2017 (Publication Date) - Princeton University Press (Publisher)
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Teleology
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Teleology in the Ancient World: Philosophical and Medical Approaches
- Hardcover Book
- English (Publication Language)
- 344 Pages - 11/07/2017 (Publication Date) - Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
The Critique of Judgement
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- English (Publication Language)
Moral Sprouts and Natural Teleologies: 21st Century Moral Psychology Meets Classical Chinese Philosophy (The Aquinas Lecture, 2014)
- Hardcover Book
- Owen Flanagan (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 119 Pages - 03/03/2014 (Publication Date) - Marquette Univ Pr (Publisher)
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