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What does utilitarianism mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word utilitarianism? Here's what it means.

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  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.
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I assess the moral legitimacy of sanctions in the contexts of just war doctrine, Kantian ethics, and utilitarianism.
Classic utilitarianism is consequentialist as opposed to deontological because of what it denies.
In either its narrow or comprehensive version, utilitarianism has both devoted adherents and fierce opponents.
We need them to safeguard us against drabness and drudgery, against a mechanistic and wearisome utilitarianism.
A word containing many syllables is a polysyllable or polysyllabic word, such as selectivity and utilitarianism.
While utilitarianism may have unequal effects on people, it can nonetheless claim to be motivated by a concern for treating people as equals.

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