MacIntyre’s commitment to teleology involves two further elements of great importance. First, he insists that teleology enables individuals to distinguish between what they are and what they should be. Second, he argues that the process by which we evaluate the end of human actions needs to be understood as one that is socially embedded. In short, individuals do not exist in isolation; they exist in society, in specific communities; and understanding their ends requires understanding that they are constituted by that society or those specific communities.
