Utilitarianism Definition

yo͝o-tĭlĭ-târē-ə-nĭzəm
noun
The doctrine that the worth or value of anything is determined solely by its utility.
Webster's New World
The doctrine, developed by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, that the aim of all action should be to bring about the greatest happiness of the greatest number.
Webster's New World
Utilitarian character or quality.
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(philosophy) The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"; hedonistic universalism.

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(philosophy) A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
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utilitarianism
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Utilitarianism Sentence Examples

  • Thus we pass from Egoistic to Universalistic hedonism, Utilitarianism, Social Ethics, more especially in relation to the still broader theories of evolution.

  • The Comtist system is utilitarianism crowned by a fantastic decoration.

  • Theological and political utilitarianism alike had been individualistic. But Darwin shows how the moral sense or conscience may be regarded as derived from the social instincts, which are common to men and animals.

  • In unity, consistency and thoroughness of method, Bentham's utilitarianism has a decided superiority over Paley's.

  • His Utilitarianism (published in Fraser's in 1861) was a closely-reasoned systematic attempt to answer objections to his ethical theory and remove misconceptions of it.

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