purposive
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Purposive action is action that never finally knows, but is ever finding out its real intent, purpose being identical with the progressively discovered meaning of action.
From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.
Purposive progress rather than unconscious, telic rather than genetic, is the order of the evolution of society.
From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch
Purposive selection pursues its ends more directly and in general attains them far more quickly than does natural selection.
From Recent Tendencies in Ethics by Sorley, William Ritchie
