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utilitarianism
[ yoo-til-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm ]
noun
- the ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility, and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons.
utilitarianism
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noun
- the doctrine that the morally correct course of action consists in the greatest good for the greatest number, that is, in maximizing the total benefit resulting, without regard to the distribution of benefits and burdens
- the theory that the criterion of virtue is utility
utilitarianism
- A system of ethics according to which the rightness or wrongness of an action should be judged by its consequences. The goal of utilitarian ethics is to promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number . Jeremy Bentham, an English philosopher , was the founder of utilitarianism; John Stuart Mill was its best-known defender.
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of utilitarianism1
Example Sentences
Set in a post-apocalyptic Outback, Broken Roads leans heavily into its 鈥淢oral Compass,鈥 with options that reflect four different philosophies: utilitarianism, nihilism, Machiavellianism and humanism.
鈥淚鈥檝e talked to many, many people who care about education, but they sometimes have the idealism without the practicality, or they have the kind of grinding, you know, utilitarianism without the idealism,鈥 Clinton said.
Tucked into the grounds of the Aspen Institute, this Herbert Bayer-designed hotel has been a homage to Bauhaus utilitarianism since 1950.
It鈥檚 the same kind of cold-hearted spreadsheet utilitarianism the Empire uses, which is why he seems so tortured and sure of himself at the same time.
He needed permission from the community, whose orientation had started out 鈥渁lmost Soviet鈥 in its utilitarianism and whose decision makers needed some time to adjust to the idea of handcrafted reds aged in oak barrels.
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