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Popular Article: Beelzebub

Beelzebub as depicted in Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal

Beelzebub was reportedly the name of a deity worshiped in the Philistine city of Ekron. Little is known about this god and his worship, and the name itself appears to be a Hebrew variation designed to denigrate the deity as the "Lord of the Flies." Originally, it may have referred to a "Lord of the High Place (Zebul)" or possibly the god of a place called Zebub. The term appears in Christian texts as the name of a demon or devil, often interchanged with Beelzebul.

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-title=Teleological ethics|
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-image_desc=John Stuart Mill|
+image_desc=Beelzebub as depicted in [[Collin de Plancy]]'s ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]''|
-text=The Greek word ''telos'' means goal, end, or purpose, and [[teleology]] is the study of goals, ends and purposes. A [[morality|moral theory]] is regarded as teleological to the extent that it defines and explains right actions in terms of the bringing about some good state of affairs. For example, a moral theory that maintains that the rightness of an action is one which achieves the goal of maximizing [[happiness]] counts as a teleological theory.
+text='''Beelzebub''' was reportedly the name of a [[deity]] worshiped in the [[Philistine]] city of [[Ekron]]. Little is known about this god and his worship, and the name itself appears to be a Hebrew variation designed to denigrate the deity as the "Lord of the Flies." Originally, it may have referred to a "Lord of the High Place (Zebul)" or possibly the god of a place called Zebub. The term appears in Christian texts as the name of a [[demon]] or [[devil]], often interchanged with '''Beelzebul.'''
-The two main types of theory brought under the rubric of teleological ethics are [[Utilitarianism]] and the varieties of ancient Greek [[virtue]] ethics. [[Aristotle]]’s ethics is the most influential example of a [[virtue]] ethical theory, and the most well known example of a Utilitarian moral theory is Classical Utilitarianism. Teleological ethics may be contrasted with non-teleological ethics, of which [[Deontological ethics|deontological theories]] provide the best-known example.
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