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(n.)The belief that the value of a thing or an action is determined by its…
(n.)The ethical theory proposed by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill that all…
(n.)The quality of being utilitarian: housing of bleak utilitarianism.
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Utilitarianism is the idea that moral worth of an action is determined solely by its contribution to overall utility: that is, its contribution to happiness or pleasure as summed among all people. It...
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Utilitarianism is a modern form of the Hedonistic ethical theory which teaches that the end of human conduct is happiness, and that consequently the discriminating norm which distinguishes conduct into right and wrong is pleasure and pain.
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1. ethical doctrine of greatest good: the ethical doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the criterion of the virtue of action; ... 2. doctrine based on value of usefulness: the doctrine that the value of an action or an object lies in usefulness; ... 3. utilitarian quality: the quality of...
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Among his most well-known and significant are A System of Logic, Principles of Political Economy, On Liberty, Utilitarianism, The Subjection of Women, Three Essays on Religion, and his Autobiography.
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A short summary of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Utilitarianism. ... Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill, is an essay written to provide support for the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory, and to respond to misconceptions about it.
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The classic texts for utilitarianism are those of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Henry Sidgwick. ... In addition to these anthologies, see The Limits of Utilitarianism, edited by Harlan B. Miller and William H. Williams (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982) as well as the collection of essays in...
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