Utilitarianism
English Meaning
The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions.
- The belief that the value of a thing or an action is determined by its utility.
- The ethical theory proposed by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill that all action should be directed toward achieving the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
- The quality of being utilitarian: housing of bleak utilitarianism.