Words similar to teleology

Example sentences for: teleology

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An essay by William J. Bennett condemns President Clinton's recent comparison of gay rights to civil rights: "Homosexuality should not be socially validated, for reasons rooted in custom and tradition, natural law and teleology, morality and faith."
Since a loss of faith in the Modernist canon often seems to be paired with a disillusionment with communist teleology, wouldn't championing the essential conservatism of all those Zhdanovists make a dandy short circuit?
Dworkin wishes to replace the moral teleology of law with obeisance to cultural prejudices, informing us that unjust acts may be countenanced when popular ideology asserts them to be "personal" and hence putatively free of legal restraint.