Associations to the word «Utilitarianism»

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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats