utilitarianism
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Effective altruists add to utilitarianism the concept of “longtermism”—spelled with no hyphen—which Mr. Korman defines as the idea “that future lives matter the most, so to speak, because there’s so many more of them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Set in a post-apocalyptic Outback, Broken Roads leans heavily into its “Moral Compass,” with options that reflect four different philosophies: utilitarianism, nihilism, Machiavellianism and humanism.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
Tucked into the grounds of the Aspen Institute, this Herbert Bayer-designed hotel has been a homage to Bauhaus utilitarianism since 1950.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
“I’ve talked to many, many people who care about education, but they sometimes have the idealism without the practicality, or they have the kind of grinding, you know, utilitarianism without the idealism,” Clinton said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2022
Even the common people understand that utilitarianism has nothing to do with the true peripatetic philosophy.
From A Rambler's lease by Bradford Torrey
Vocabulary lists containing utilitarianism
The Industrial Revolution - Middle School and High School
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Chapters 24–25
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Chapter 23: Political and Industrial Revolutions
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