utilitarianism

English

Etymology

utilitarian +‎ -ism

Noun

utilitarianism (countable and uncountable, 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), or one of various related theories.

Coordinate terms

• deontology

Derived terms

• antiutilitarianism
• nonutilitarianism
• rule utilitarianism

Translations

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

• Arabic: نَفْعِيَّة f (nafʕiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 效益主義／效益主义, 效益主义, 功利主義／功利主义 (zh) (gōnglìzhǔyì)

• Czech: utilitarismus m, utilitarizmus m
• Danish: utilitarianisme c
• Dutch: utilisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: utilismo
• Finnish: utilitarismi
• French: utilitarisme (fr) m
• German: Utilitarismus (de) m
• Greek: ωφελιμισμός (el) m (ofelimismós)
• Hebrew: תּוֹעַלְתָּנוּת (he) f (tu'ál'tanút)
• Hungarian: haszonelvűség
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• Icelandic: nytjasfena
• Irish: fóntachas m
• Italian: utilitarismo (it)
• Japanese: 功利主義 (kōrishugi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utilitarianisme m

• Portuguese: utilitarismo (pt) m
• Russian: утилитаризм (ru) (utilitarizm)
• Spanish: utilitarismo (es) m
• Swedish: utilitarism (sv) c
• Tagalog: karahatan

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} utilitarismo (it)
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