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单词 Benthamite
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Benthamite

/ˈbɛnθəmʌɪt /
adjective
Relating to or consistent with the philosophical system of utilitarianism proposed by the English philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham: the Benthamite calculus of pains and pleasures...
  • I decided to be guided by the old Benthamite principle of the greatest happiness of the greatest number.
  • Neither could be considered a utilitarian in the Benthamite sense.
  • Though abandoning the Benthamite system of beliefs, he failed to devise in its stead a coherent system of thought of his own.
noun
A person who supports the philosophical system of utilitarianism proposed by the English philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham: for the Benthamite a natural right was both false and meaningless...
  • I've always considered myself more a Benthamite than anything else.
  • He's not a Benthamite.
  • The Benthamites opposed interference in the free market.
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