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utilitarianism

N ความเชื่อ ที่ ว่าความ สุข คือ การ เอา ประโยชน์ สูงสุด  kwam-chau-thi-wa-kwam-suk-kue-kan-ao-pra-yod-sung-sud

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UTILITARIANISM

UTILITARIANISM U *til `i *ta "ri *an *ism, n.

 

1. The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions. Bentham.

 

2. 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. J. S. Mill.

 

3. The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

utilitarianism

u til i tar i an ism |yo͞oˌtiləˈte (ə )rēəˌnizəm juˌtɪləˈtɛriəˌnɪzəm | ▶noun the doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority. • the doctrine that an action is right insofar as it promotes happiness, and that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the guiding principle of conduct.

 

Oxford Dictionary

utilitarianism

utili |tar ¦ian |ism |jʊˌtɪlɪˈtɛːrɪənɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority. • the doctrine that an action is right in so far as it promotes happiness, and that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the guiding principle of conduct. The most famous exponents of utilitarianism were Jeremy Bentham and J. S. Mill. It has been criticized for focusing on the consequences rather than the motive or intrinsic nature of an action, for the difficulty of adequately comparing the happiness of different individuals, and for failing to account for the value placed on concepts such as justice and equality.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

utilitarianism

u t ì l i t á r i an ì sm 名詞 U 〘哲 〙功利主義 .