Explain the Teleological Argument (25) The Teleological Argument is widely known as The Design Argument. It originated from the greek word ’telos’ which means ’end’. The is a posteriori and inductive argument which means it looks at the evidence and concludes from it. The classic Design Argument claims that the universe has order‚ purpose and regularity and the complexity of the universe shows evidence of design. This leads to the conclusion that there is a designer of the universe who is said
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The teleological argument as put forward by St. Thomas Aquinas attempts to prove the existence of God by use of empirical evidence. Aquinas attempts this through three ways. The first way Aquinas attempts to prove the existence of God is through cause and effect. Every action or outcome must have a previous action that allowed that action or outcome to come about. This previous action must have been set in motion by another action. St. Thomas reasons that this infers an infinite chain of cause
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Deontological and Teleological approach to Ethics. Deontological ethical theories claim that certain actions are right or wrong in themselves‚ regardless of what the consequence is. For example Natural Law. However Teleological ethical theories look at the consequence and result of an action to see if it is right or if it is wrong. For example Situation ethics. The difference between teleological and Deontological ethics is outcome of act verses the act itself. Teleological ethics denotes even if
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In his book Nichomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle outlines a teleological framework as a way of understanding human activity. As a part of this framework‚ Aristotle suggests that there is an ‘ultimate end’ which is the goal of this human activity. For the purpose of this paper‚ I begin by reconstructing Aristotle’s teleological framework‚ and its relationship with the idea of an ‘ultimate end’. I will then go on to argue that while the framework offers one understanding of human activity‚ that it does not
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"Some intelligent being exists by whom all natural things are directed to their end: and this being we call God" Aquinas‚ Summa Theologica. The teleological argument is the design argument for the existence of God. This argument is an a posteriori argument. It is based on observations of the apparent order in the universe and the natural world‚ to conclude that it is not the result of mere chance but of design. The evidence from design points to a designer and the argument concludes that the designer
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Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with right and wrong. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ the definition is ¹"the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation." To understand the Deontological and Teleological separations it is necessary to understand what ethics is. Obviously as it is a philosophical study‚ there are varying degrees and definitions that can be based simply on ones individual perception of these types. Deontological ethics is
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of your actions and deontological is the actions that you perform. Teleological theories are what the consequence or outcome of what your actions do and Kant thinks that this is wrong and that we should act deontologically and act out of duty‚ not out of compassion. He believes that we should do something‚ because we have to‚ not out of compassion or if we think its morally wrong or right‚ we should just do it. Teleological theories are based on outcome. If you perform a bad act but the outcome
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The majority of the population‚ probably including yourself‚ claims they act "morally". Many of these people ask other people to act "morally"‚ but when you ask these "moral" people what morality is they stand there for a minute‚ and almost every single person will give you the wrong answer. So what is morality? In brief‚ morality is a basic set of principles that people follow. A perfect example would be Osama Bin Laden‚ a man that believes completely in what he does‚ and does it to his best. He
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Abstract There are similarities and differences in deontological and teleological ethical systems. Each of the ethical systems will be discussed in a compare and contrast so that they are made clear to what they mean. There are seven major ethical systems that are either deontological systems or they are teleological systems. Teleological and Deontological Ethical Systems When looking at two separate definitions
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Teleological Ethics = Consequentialist Ethics Morality of an act is based on the outcome or consequence of the act Deontological Ethics = Non - Consequentialist Ethics Morality of an act is based in the act itself. Types of Teleological Ethics 1. Utilitarianism – Utilitarian moral theory is classical utilitarianism‚ 2. Varieties of ancient Greek virtue ethics – Aristotle Ethics is an Example a. The goal of ethics is to explain how one achieves the good life for human beings. There are
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