Meaning of UTILITARIANISM in English

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Meaning of UTILITARIANISM in English

• 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.

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