英语词汇“the greatest happiness of the greatest number”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. the greatest happiness of the greatest number and variants: the fundamental criterion of morality in utilitarianism, according to which the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined purely by its consequences for the general happiness of the community.

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the greatest happiness of the greatest number1725

greatest happiness principle1822

rule of the greatest happiness1829

utilitarianism1839

1725 F. Hutcheson Inq. Ideas Beauty & Virtue iii. § 8. 164 That Action is best which accomplishes [1726 procures] the greatest Happiness for the greatest Numbers; and that worst, which in like manner occasions Misery.

1767 tr. C. di Beccaria Bonesana Ess. Crimes Introd. 2 A cool examiner of human nature,..who had only this end in view the greatest happiness of the greatest number.

1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. p. ii This fundamental axiom, it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

1852 W. Whewell Lect. Hist Moral Philos in Eng. Introd. p. ix Those which in ancient or modern times have asserted Pleasure, or Utility, or the Greatest Happiness of the Greatest Number, to be the true end of human action.

1894 B. Kidd Social Evol. (1895) x. 290 ‘The greatest happiness of the greatest number’—long a prominent doctrine in English politics.

1920 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 2 167 The book..is an attempt to work out over a large sphere the principles of the law of reason, or national law, or the greatest happiness of the greatest number, or the rights of man, or whatever other name may be adopted from time to time.

2006 Philos. Now Feb. 34/1 The basic principle of utilitarianism is that the right thing to do is whatever will promote the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people.

单词	the greatest happiness of the greatest number
释义	> as lemmas the greatest happiness of the greatest number a. the greatest happiness of the greatest number and variants: the fundamental criterion of morality in utilitarianism, according to which the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined purely by its consequences for the general happiness of the community. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pragmatism > [noun] > utilitarianism the greatest happiness of the greatest number1725 greatest happiness principle1822 rule of the greatest happiness1829 utilitarianism1839 1725 F. Hutcheson Inq. Ideas Beauty & Virtue iii. § 8. 164 That Action is best which accomplishes [1726 procures] the greatest Happiness for the greatest Numbers; and that worst, which in like manner occasions Misery. 1767 tr. C. di Beccaria Bonesana Ess. Crimes Introd. 2 A cool examiner of human nature,..who had only this end in view the greatest happiness of the greatest number. 1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. p. ii This fundamental axiom, it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. 1852 W. Whewell Lect. Hist Moral Philos in Eng. Introd. p. ix Those which in ancient or modern times have asserted Pleasure, or Utility, or the Greatest Happiness of the Greatest Number, to be the true end of human action. 1894 B. Kidd Social Evol. (1895) x. 290 ‘The greatest happiness of the greatest number’—long a prominent doctrine in English politics. 1920 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 2 167 The book..is an attempt to work out over a large sphere the principles of the law of reason, or national law, or the greatest happiness of the greatest number, or the rights of man, or whatever other name may be adopted from time to time. 2006 Philos. Now Feb. 34/1 The basic principle of utilitarianism is that the right thing to do is whatever will promote the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people. extracted from greatestadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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