Utilitarianism

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#1 Philosophical notion, originally associated with Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, whose nature is contested amongst academics but which is commonly understood to refer to the requirement to seek the greatest good for the greatest number.  
#2 See: communalist approach. PH'6-L5

 

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