utilitarianism
21UTILITARIANISM — the theory which makes happiness the end of life and the test of virtue, and maintains that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, and wrong as they tend to produce the reverse, a theory characterised by Carlyle,… …
22utilitarianism — u|til|i|tar|i|an|is|m [ju:ˌtılıˈteəriənızəm US ˈter ] n [U] the political belief that an action is good if it helps the largest number of people …
23utilitarianism — u|til|i|tar|i|an|ism [ ju,tılı teriə,nızəm ] noun uncount the belief that something is morally right if it helps a majority of people …
24utilitarianism — belief that utility of actions determines moral value Philosophical Isms …
25utilitarianism — u·til·i tar·i·an·ism || ‚juË tɪlɪ terɪənɪzm / teÉ™r n. belief that usefulness is the basis of virtue and that decisions should be made according to what will be good for the greatest number of people …
26utilitarianism — noun the doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority. ↘the doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the guiding principle of conduct …
27utilitarianism — noun (U) technical the belief that an action is good if it helps the greatest possible number of people …
28utilitarianism — util·i·tar·i·an·ism …
29utilitarianism — UK [juːˌtɪlɪˈteərɪəˌnɪz(ə)m] / US [juˌtɪlɪˈterɪəˌnɪzəm] noun [uncountable] the belief that something is morally right if it helps a majority of people …
30Utilitarianism — Утилитаризм …