the system of thought which states that the best action or decision in a particular situation is the one which most benefits the most people
Source: Cambridge International Dictionary of English
Utilitarianism
the ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility, and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons.
Source: The Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Copyright � 1997 by Random House Inc.
Utilitarianism
the nineteenth-century ethical doctrine that usefulness is the greatest good and that human action should tend to produce the greatest good or happiness for the greatest number of people.
Source: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary
Machiavelli and utilitarianism
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