teleology
Of course, the argument is highly teleological and incapable of scientific proof.
The European Court's method of interpreting Community legal texts is primarily teleological, that is to say the interpretation of a provision on the basis of its object and purpose.
In ethics, teleological theories such as utilitarianism claim that actions should be judged by the goodness or badness of their consequences.

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teleological
Their connection was purely mechanical, rather than teleological.
Though both egalitarian and teleological interpretations of his argument seem initially plausible, both have problems.
The metaphor of the vanishing point could be applied to all teleological works.
In this sense attachment is a skill, one which is acquired in relation to a specific caregiver encoded into a teleological model of behavior.
Avoiding essentialist and teleological assumptions, we attune to a contingent interplay of aspirations and provisional outcomes that could yield a dynamic not under anyone's control.
And therefore teleological explanations in terms of biological advantage have no place in gestalt theory.
The second difficulty with cooperative utilitarianism also flows from its deep structure, but here its teleological aspect.
Classifications based on race into ' folk medicine ' versus ' indigenous medicine ' are based on teleological dichotomy.
Moreover, "progress" and "modernity" substituted for the lost teleological or eschatological perspective of the future.
Perhaps the strangeness of this trajectory becomes less mysterious, less portentous, when we realise that this trajectory is simply teleological.
I particularly remember his lecture attacking the use of teleological statements during scientific discussions.
This teleological element is the ultimate safeguard in process models of informed consent.
If the proponent of comparative teleological desert really cared about rewarding bad behaviour, he would favour the second outcome.
Every doctrine that asserts the uniform relationship of man to a teleological world order must also assert the determined character of the human will.
Confident teleological assertions are now in shorter supply.
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