utilitarianism

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Noun

utilitarianism (plural utilitarianisms)

1. (philosophy) A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
2. (philosophy) the theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"; hedonistic universalism.

Coordinate terms

• deontology

Translations

the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: utilitarismus (cs) m, utilitarizmus (cs) m
• Esperanto: utilismo (eo)
• Finnish: utilitarismi (fi)
• French: utilitarisme (fr) m
• German: Utilitarismus (de) m

• Greek: ωφελιμισμός (el) (ofelimismόs) m
• Hungarian: haszonelvűség (hu)
• Icelandic: nytjasfena (is)
• Italian: utilitarismo (it)
• Japanese: 功利主義 (ja) (kōrishugi)
• Portuguese: utilitarismo (pt) m
• Russian: утилитаризм (ru) (outilitarizm)

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• Italian: utilitarismo
• Spanish: utilitarismo m