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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Does "the greatest happiness for the greatest number" mean ...?

Does "the greatest happiness for the greatest number" mean "the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"?

Context:

utilitarianism
  • n.

    • doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number
  

Top answer

Yep.

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  • Yep.
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