In the late 18th century, Immanuel Kant used the concept of telos as a regulative principle in his Critique of Judgment (1790). Teleology was also fundamental to the philosophy of Karl Marx and G. W. F. Hegel.

What is teleological method in ethics?

It is a results-oriented approach that defines ethical behavior by good or bad consequences. ... Ethical decisions are those that create the greatest good. The most common teleology approach is utilitarianism, which stresses the greatest good for the greatest number of individuals.

Why is teleological ethics important?

Teleological derives what is good or ethical as an end that is achieved. In other words, teleological ethics bases the morality of the action on the value that it brings in to being. It looks for moral goodness in the consequences of our action and not the action itself.