---
aliases:
  en:
  - instrumental subgoal
  ja:
  - 手段的目標
concept_id: instrumental_goal
preferred:
  en: instrumental goal
  ja: 道具的目標
relations:
  relations:
    broader:
    - goal
    prerequisite:
    - goal
    related:
    - power_seeking
    - terminal_goal
status: active
---

# instrumental goal

A goal pursued because achieving it is expected to help achieve another, more final goal; its desirability depends on its consequences or usefulness as a means, and it can itself have lower-level instrumental subgoals.

## broader

- [goal](../terminology/goal.txt)

## prerequisite

- [goal](../terminology/goal.txt)

## related

- [power-seeking](../terminology/power_seeking.txt)
- [terminal goal](../terminology/terminal_goal.txt)

## Documents: mentions

- [自己保存は最終目標でなくてもシャットダウンを妨げうる](../documents/akira.instrumental-self-preservation-defeats-shutdown.txt)
- [最終目標が大きく異なっても、共通の道具的目標が生じやすい](../documents/bostrom.instrumental-convergence-predicts-common-subgoals-across-many-final-goals.txt)

[Corpus index](../index.txt)