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Utilitarianism
A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
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noun
- 1
A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
- 2
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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