having to do with purposes or ends The second half of the third Critique examines the objective purposiveness in our perception of natural organisms in order to construct a system of teleological judgment
referring to attributing conscious purpose to something within a simple physical phenomenon
[teleo -goal + logical] A teleological ethics is one that claims that it is the consequences (or goals-fostered-by) of actions that determine their moral worth Mill's utilitarianism ("act so as to achieve the greatest possible balance of pleasure over pain for all sentient creation") is considered a typical example See deontological
pertaining to a goal, aim, or purpose; teleological ethics emphasizes and makes decisions in terms of the proper goal of man or the kingdom of God as man's highest good, etc (cf "consequential perspective")