utilitarianism

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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.
3. (countable, uncountable) Practicality, functionality, as opposed to e.g. aesthetics.

Conceptes

utilitarisme

Sinònims

materialism

economics

Traduccions

utilitarisme

Utilitarismus

utilitarismo

utilitarismo

utilitarismo

utilitarisme

faydacılık

ωφελιμισμός

Utilitaritätsprinzip

Nützlichkeitsdenken

Nützlichkeitsprinzip

النفعية

نفعية

ωφελιμίσμος

Etimologia (Anglès)

From utilitarian + -ism.