utilitarian
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Over time, it went from being a utilitarian tool for the countryside to a cult classic, and a favourite of hippies and counter-culturalists.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
A cute AI agent is likely to generate more traction among consumers than a utilitarian large language model, Steinwold said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
The utilitarian material helped turn the century-old Milanese brand into a global fashion name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Recently, I’ve been interested in the reinventions of utilitarian clothing, such as bomber jackets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Architecture’s parameters are defined by utilitarian function and structural system, but there is almost always an aesthetic component as well, even when it consists of nothing more than a decorative veneer.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
As Bostrom writes, "for standard utilitarians, priority number one, two, three, and four should … be to reduce existential risk," the fifth being to colonize space.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2022
According to utilitarians, we have a moral obligation or responsibility to choose the action that produces the most happiness.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Whether utilitarians support the use of gene editing technologies on humans depends on how such technologies are used and whether their use promotes the greatest good for the greatest number.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
According to utilitarians, rules are made to be broken, when you make people happier by breaking them.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2020
No school was in more deadly opposition to such à priori truths than the school of Bentham and the utilitarians.
From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Sir Leslie Stephen
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