utilitarianism
pronunciation
How to pronounce utilitarianism in British English:
UK [ˌju:tɪlɪˈteəriənɪzəm]
How to pronounce utilitarianism in American English:
US [ˌjutɪlɪˈteriənɪzəm]
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- 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
Word Origin
- utilitarianism (n.)
- 1827, from utilitarian + -ism. The doctrine that the end of all action should be the greatest happiness of the greatest number.
Example
- 1. That does not make utilitarianism wrong .
- 2. Between them , they came up with the ethical theory known as utilitarianism .
- 3. That doctrine itself , as he explains , is a modern reincarnation of jeremy bentham 's utilitarianism * .
- 4. Mr seligman 's book is , in effect , an attempt to add dashes of both aristotelian wisdom and nietzschean grit to the stock of benthamite utilitarianism that underlies much of the newer work in this field .
- 5. Between them , they came up with the ethical theory known as utilitarianism . The goal of this theory is encapsulated in bentham 's aphorism that " the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation . "