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What does utilitarianism mean?

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Noun
  1. (philosophy) A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
  2. (philosophy) 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.
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The report identified social justice and economic-rationalist utilitarianism as the major competing educational philosophies or ideologies.
We need them to safeguard us against drabness and drudgery, against a mechanistic and wearisome utilitarianism.
Historically, utilitarianism has been the best-known form of consequentialism.
The primary flaw in libertarianism is that it is rooted in an ethic of utilitarianism rather than virtue ethics.
But the particular kind of consequentialism in utilitarianism is, I think, unattractive.
While utilitarianism may have unequal effects on people, it can nonetheless claim to be motivated by a concern for treating people as equals.

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