Meaning Of The Word Benthamism

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Benthamism in American English
the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham, which holds that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the ultimate goal of society and of the individual
noun: the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham

Benthamism in British English
noun: the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it

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