greatest happiness principle

noun

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

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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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