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单词 universalistic hedonism
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universalistic hedonism
universalistic hedonism n. Ethics the doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the guiding principle of conduct; utilitarianism; opposed to egoistic or individualistic hedonism.
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1872*Universalistic Hedonism [see sense 2].
1955 D. D. Raphael Moral Judgement i. iii. 27 Egoistic hedonism, the theory that a man's sole duty is to maximize his own happiness, was widened into universalistic hedonism (utilitarianism).
2005 J. A. Jacobs Ethics A–Z 136 Universalistic hedonism is the view that what one morally ought to do is to maximise happiness overall, without any special regard to one's own happiness.
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