utilitarian |
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(1) - Utilitarian (n.) One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism. (2) - Utilitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society. (3) - Utilitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art. |
utilitarianism |
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(1) - Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness. (2) - Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe. (3) - Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions. |
utility |
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(1) - Utility (n.) Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism. (2) - Utility (n.) Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2. (3) - Utility (n.) The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines. |