| 单词 | utilitarianism |
| 释义 | utilitarianism (once / 17255 pages) n If you believe in utilitarianism, you believe that the most valuable things are the most useful — and useful to the greatest number of people possible. General utilitarianism focuses on the utility of things — how useful they are. If you follow utilitarianism, you're probably not going to buy the sleekest, coolest looking car, but the one that gets the best gas mileage and is the most practical. Philosophers Jeremy Bentham and James Mill came up with their own ethical spin on utilitarianism: according to them, we should always be trying to achieve the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. WORD FAMILYutilitarianism: utilitarianisms+/utilisation: overutilisation/utilise: utilisation, utilised, utiliser, utilises, utilising, utility/utilitarian: utilitarianism, utilitarians/utility: utilitarian, utilities USAGE EXAMPLESBall counseled activists that they could do more good for animals by adopting a fierce but dispassionate utilitarianism. Slate(Aug 18, 2016) Instead, many are preaching a type of utilitarianism — a distasteful offering of incense to the emperor for the sake of the greater good. Washington Post(Jun 02, 2016) Even the decadent trappings of Grand Master Masons made the fashions of top military brass look like an exercise in utilitarianism. Washington Times(May 30, 2016) n doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number Hyper doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school |
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