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    The causal regularity of biological teleology thus demands an intentional explanation, since undirected matter has no intrinsic mechanism for privileging one outcome as its proper end.

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    Biological teleology(as used in ethics)
    The idea that morality comes from the natural purposes or functions built into living things—for example, that reproduction is natural so certain acts are moral because they serve that function.
    Causal regularity(as used in philosophy of causation)
    The reliable, predictable pattern where one thing consistently causes another to happen (like flipping a switch causes a light to turn on).
    Intrinsic mechanism(what something possesses within itself)
    A built-in feature or process that something naturally has on its own, without outside help.
    Proper end(the intended outcome or function of something)
    The natural purpose or goal that something is supposed to achieve, like how a knife's proper end is to cut.
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    (matter acting purely by physical laws without intentionality)
    Physical stuff (atoms, molecules, etc.) that has no built-in purpose or goal guiding what it does.
    intentional explanation(as the type of explanation being discussed)
    A way of explaining why someone did something by pointing to what they intended or wanted to achieve.

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