Evolution means different things at different stages of development. Higher stage explanations for it are downward assimilated at lower stages. Different scientific explanations for evolution also reflect different stages of development. Hierarchical complexity of tasks in evolution is a behavioral analytic explanation. It is selection processes of various kinds in tandem with changes in select...

At the beginning of twentieth century, French philosopher science Edmond Goblot wrote three prescient papers on function and teleology. He advanced remarkable thesis that functions are, as a matter conceptual analysis, selected effects. also argued “selection” must be understood broadly to include both evolutionary natural selection intelligent design. Here, I do things. First, give an overview...

Education in ethics among practising professionals should provide a systematic procedure for resolving moral problems. A method for such decision-making is outlined using the two classical orientations in moral philosophy, teleology and deontology. Teleological views such as utilitarianism resolve moral dilemmas by calculating the excess of good over harm expected to be produced by each feasibl...

In Information Systems (IS), the ethical conduct of research may be something which we take for granted or perhaps simply ignore. Given the seriousness of ethical dilemmas that can arise, however, it is important to pay attention to ethical issues. In this essay, a personal perspective is given on the nature of ethics in Information Systems research. The philosophical theories of teleology and ...

Ethical issues are key factors with respect to compliance intention with information security policies (ISPs). As such, understanding employees’ compliance behavior with ISPs from ethical lenses is an important first step to leverage knowledge worker assets in efforts targeted toward reducing information security risks. This study proposes an integrated model that combines the Theory of Reasone...

Abstract This article is an investigation into Hegel's claim that teleology the truth of mechanism, which Hegel puts forward in objectivity section Science Logic . Contrary to most accounts this , I make a case for reading conception external purposiveness according latter makes positive contribution structural development concepts argue plays major role understanding Hegelian as mechanism. Mor...

This article compares notions of progress and evolution in the social theories Freud Herbert Spencer, thus revising Freudian theory relocating it within a social-evolutionist tradition. It first argues that two authors held similarly complex contained mixed elements positivism teleology –in its positivist aspects, both made use unified natural laws and, teleological they understood civilization...