Associations to the word «Utilitarianism»
Noun
- Approach
- Consumer
- Citizenship
- Implication
- Perspective
- Conduct
- Thesis
- Pain
- Cal
- Belief
- Policy
- Theology
- Self
- Uncertainty
- Critic
- Legislation
- Duty
- Mankind
- Treatise
- Concept
- Democracy
- Reform
- Good
- Tradition
- Buddhism
- Decision
- Choice
- Imagination
- Divine
- Privacy
- Individual
- Common
- Greg
- Commitment
- Conscience
- Aspect
- Produce
- Discourse
- Everyone
- Impulse
- Freedom
- Idea
- Sacrifice
- Responsibility
- Interest
- Sense
- Regard
- Singer
- Agent
- Bibliography
- Social
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- Analysis
- John
- Debate
- Version
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Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
UTILITARIANISM, noun. (philosophy) A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
UTILITARIANISM, noun. (philosophy) the theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"; hedonistic universalism.
Dictionary definition
UTILITARIANISM, noun. 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.
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.