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Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism Meaning & Definition
Utilitarianism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Utilitarianism?

[n] doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number

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Utilitarianism In Webster's Dictionary

\U*til`i*ta"ri*an*ism\, n. 1. The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions. --Bentham. 2. The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe. --J. S. Mill. 3. The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.

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