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greatest happiness principle

noun

  1. the ethical principle that an action is right in so far as it promotes the greatest happiness of the greatest number of those affected See utilitarianism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Brougham needs a dose of jalap instead of pap, for he cannot even spell the 'greatest happiness principle' properly.

Your Greatest-Happiness Principle seems to me fast becoming a rather unhappy one.

His Greatest-Happiness Principle fast becoming a rather unhappy one.

He accepts the 'greatest happiness principle' as applicable to the social problem.

The greatest happiness principle is the one and supreme principle of conduct.

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