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TELEOLOGICAL ETHICS

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Definitions of TELEOLOGICAL ETHICS

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A philosophically coherent set of propositions (for example, utilitarianism) which attempts to provide general norms for the guidance and evaluation of moral conduct. (from Beauchamp and Childress, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 4th ed)

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