---
aliases:
  en:
  - final goal
  - ultimate goal
  ja:
  - 終端目標
concept_id: terminal_goal
preferred:
  en: terminal goal
  ja: 最終目標
relations:
  relations:
    broader:
    - goal
    prerequisite:
    - goal
    related:
    - utility_function
status: active
---

# terminal goal

A goal pursued as an end in itself rather than merely as a means to another goal; in hierarchical descriptions of agency, a terminal goal is the top-level end relative to which lower-level instrumental goals are useful.

## broader

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

## prerequisite

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

## related

- [utility function](../terminology/utility_function.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)
- [知能水準と最終目標は、原理上ほぼ独立である](../documents/bostrom.orthogonality-separates-intelligence-from-final-goals.txt)

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