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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_191632" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_191632" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness. </p> <p> (2): (n.) The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe. </p> <p> (3): (n.) The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80996" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80996" /> == | ||
