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teleology

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

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    • 2.1 On Purpose
    • 2.2 Teleology: A History (OXFORD PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS SERIES)
    • 2.3 The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?
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    • 2.5 Teleology
    • 2.6 Nature and Normativity: Biology, Teleology, and Meaning (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)
    • 2.7 Aristotle on Teleology (Oxford Aristotle Studies) (Oxford Aristotle Studies Series)
    • 2.8 Experience and Teleology in Ancient Historiography: Futures Past from Herodotus to Augustine
    • 2.9 Teleology and the Norms of Nature
    • 2.10 Teleology

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