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Utilitarianism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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.

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

Utilitarianism Encyclopedia Britannica

UTILITARIANISM. See Ethics, vol. viii. pp. 605-7.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 24, p. 21
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Utility Roget’s Thesaurus §644

N. utility, usefulness, efficacy, efficiency, adequacy, service, use, stead, avail, help, applicability, subservience, function, value, worth, money's worth, productiveness, cui bono, utilization step in the right direction, common weal, commonwealth public good, public interest, utilitarianism

V. be useful, avail, serve, subserve, conduce, answer, serve one's turn, answer a purpose, serve a purpose, act a part, perform a function, discharge a function &c, render a service, render good service, render yeoman's service, bestead, stand one in good stead be the making of, help, bear fruit, bring grist to the mill, profit, remunerate, benefit, find one's account in, find one's advantage in, reap the benefit of, render useful

Adj. useful, of use, serviceable, proficuous|, good for, subservient, conducive, subsidiary, advantageous, profitable, gainful, remunerative, worth one's salt, valuable, prolific, adequate, efficient, efficacious, effective, effectual, expedient, applicable, available, ready, handy, at hand, tangible, commodious, adaptable, of all work

Adv. usefully, pro bono publico

Philanthropy Roget’s Thesaurus §910

N. philanthropy, humanity, humanitarianism universal benevolence, endaemonism, deliciae humani generis, cosmopolitanism, utilitarianism, the greatest happiness of the greatest number, social science, sociology, common weal, socialism, communism, fourierism|, phalansterianism, saint simonianism, patriotism, civism, nationality, love of country, amor patriae, public spirit, chivalry, knight errantry, generosity, philanthropist, endaemonist, utilitarian, benthamite, socialist, communist, cosmopolite, citizen of the world, amicus humani generis, knight errant, patriot

Adj. philanthropic, humanitarian, utilitarian, cosmopolitan, public- spirited, patriotic, humane, large-hearted, chivalric, generous

Adv. pro bono publico, pro aris et focis

Phr. humani nihil a me alienum puto, omne solum forti patria, un bien fait n'est jamais perdu