- The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the
greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political
institutions. - The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or
that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the
highest happiness of the universe. - The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of
morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its
usefulness.
Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is the philosophy that the practical usefulness of something is the sole criterion of its value, a philosophy that has greatly hindered the advance of
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