utilitarianism

Noun
  1. Doctrine that the useful is the good;
    Especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill;
    The aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number (synset 106197264)
    is a type of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

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