utilitarianism

English

Etymology

utilitarian +‎ -ism

Noun

utilitarianism (countable and uncountable, plural utilitarianisms)

(philosophy) A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
(philosophy) The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" (hedonistic universalism), or one of various related theories.

Coordinate terms

deontology

Derived terms

Translations

the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"

Arabic: نَفْعِيَّة‎ f (nafʿiyya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 效益主義, 效益主义, 功利主義 (zh) (gōnglìzhǔyì)
Czech: utilitarismus m, utilitarizmus m
Dutch: utilisme (nl) n
Esperanto: utilismo
Finnish: utilitarismi
French: utilitarisme (fr) m
German: Utilitarismus (de) m
Greek: ωφελιμισμός (el) m (ofelimismós)
Hebrew: תּוֹעַלְתָּנוּת‎ (he) f (tu'ál'tanút)
Hungarian: haszonelvűség

Icelandic: nytjasfena
Irish: fóntachas m
Italian: utilitarismo (it)
Japanese: 功利主義 (kōrishugi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utilitarianisme m
Portuguese: utilitarismo (pt) m
Russian: утилитаризм (ru) (utilitarizm)
Spanish: utilitarismo (es) m
Swedish: utilitarism (sv) c
Tagalog: karahatan

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} utilitarismo (it)

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