| 单词 | the principle of the greatest happiness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe principle (also †rule) of the greatest happiness b. the principle (also †rule) of the greatest happiness: (esp. in utilitarianism) the principle that the aim of morality is the maximization of happiness (see the greatest happiness of the greatest number at Phrases a); cf. greatest happiness principle n. at Compounds 2. 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 1829 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 262 Equality, meant equality in the safety of such rights as the rule of the greatest happiness assigned. 1834 Westm. Rev. July 11/1 Another track in which the principle of the greatest happiness is destined to be brilliantly diffused..is the conduct of men towards one another in their congregate capacity of nations. 1893 J. Bonar Philos. & Polit. Econ. iii. i. 209 By the rule of the ‘Greatest Happiness’, Malthus has a strong position here. 1914 Philos. Rev. 23 689 As between the utilitarians and the intuitionists, he is an intuitionist... He rejects the utilitarian principle of the greatest happiness. 2003 D. Boucher in R. Bellamy & A. Mason Polit. Concepts xvi. 196 Jeremy Bentham is, of course, the classic utilitarian... The principle of the greatest happiness has to be the guide to what is right and wrong. < as lemmas |
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