| 单词 | teleological ethics |
| 释义 | > as lemmasteleological ethics teleological ethics n. [after German teleologische Ethik (1891 or earlier)] a theory of ethics in which the morality of an action is to be judged by its consequences; cf. consequentialism n. ΚΠ 1895 F. Thilly tr. F. Paulsen Introd. Philos. 50 The utilitarian view, the name given to teleological ethics in England. 1966 F. C. Copleston Hist. Philos. VIII. ii. 34 Any form of teleological ethics which interprets the moral imperative as..an assertoric hypothetical imperative. 2011 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 72 262 The utilitarian tradition of Jeremy Bentham, James and John Stuart Mill, and Herbert Spencer propounded a teleological ethics to which consequences are basic. < as lemmas |
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