utilitarianism
utilitarianism is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- benevolence
- benevolent
- chivalric
- chivalry
- citizen
- civism
- common
- communism
- communist
- cosmopolitan
- cosmopolitanism
- cosmopolite
- country
- errant
- errantry
- generosity
- generous
- happiness
- humane
- humanitarian
- humanitarianism
- humanity
- knight
- large-hearted
- love
- nationality
- nihil
- number
- patriot
- patriotic
- patriotism
- perdu
- phalansterianism
- philanthropic
- philanthropist
- philanthropy
- pro
- public
- science
- social
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is utilitarianism.
- What is 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 called?
- What is the doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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