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Summary

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utilitarianism:
- Wiktionary:
  utilitarianism → Utilitarismus
  utilitarianism → Utilitarismus
- Synonyms for "utilitarianism":
  doctrine; philosophy; philosophical system; school of thought; ism

English

Detailed Translations for utilitarianism from English to German

utilitarianism:

Synonyms for "utilitarianism":

doctrine; philosophy; philosophical system; school of thought; ism

Related Definitions for "utilitarianism":

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 number¹

Wiktionary Translations for utilitarianism:

utilitarianism

noun

the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
- utilitarianism → Utilitarismus

utilitarianism

noun

Philosophie, Ethik: ethische Position, die eine Handlung danach bewertet, ob sie im Vergleich mit anderen Handlungsalternativen die größte Anzahl positiver, nicht-moralischer Werte hervorbringt
- Utilitarismus → utilitarianism

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• utilitarianism	→ Utilitarismus	↔ utilitarisme — philosophie\|fr doctrine qui consister à ramener la notion du bien à celle de l’utilité, à faire de l’intérêt le principe du droit et de la morale.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University