utilitarianism
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утилитаризм
Utilitarismus
A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its…A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
(countable, uncountable)The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" (hedonistic universalism), or one of various related theories.
Utilitarismus
утилитаризмutilitarizm
(countable, uncountable)Practicality, functionality, as opposed to e.g. aesthetics.
More definitions
- 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
Translations
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By meaning 1
the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people":
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people":
Forms
plural: utilitarianisms| Singular | utilitarianism |
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Word family
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