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
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there
is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to
take away.