utilitarianism

English

utilitarian +‎ -ism

utilitarianism (countable and uncountable, plural utilitarianisms)

(philosophy) A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
(philosophy) The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" (hedonistic universalism), or one of various related theories.

the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"

Arabic: نَفْعِيَّة‎ f (nafʿiyya)
Azerbaijani: utilitarizm
Bengali: উপযোগবাদ (upjogbad)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 功用主義, 功用主义 (gung¹ jung⁶ zyu² ji⁶), 效益主義, 效益主义 (haau⁶ jik¹ zyu² ji⁶)
Mandarin: 效益主義, 效益主义 (xiàoyìzhǔyì), 功利主義 (zh), 功利主义 (zh) (gōnglìzhǔyì)
Czech: utilitarismus m, utilitarizmus m
Danish: utilitarianisme c
Dutch: utilisme (nl) n
Esperanto: utilismo
Finnish: utilitarismi (fi)
French: utilitarisme (fr) m
Georgian: უტილიტარიზმი (uṭiliṭarizmi)
German: Utilitarismus (de) m
Greek: ωφελιμισμός (el) m (ofelimismós)
Hebrew: תּוֹעַלְתָּנוּת‎ (he) f (tu'ál'tanút)
Hungarian: haszonelvűség, utilitarianizmus, utilitarizmus
Icelandic: nytjasfena
Irish: fóntachas m
Italian: utilitarismo (it)
Japanese: 功利主義 (こうりしゅぎ, kōrishugi)
Kannada: ಉಪಯುಕ್ತತಾವಾದ (upayuktatāvāda)
Kazakh: утилитаризм (utilitarizm)
Korean: 공리주의(功利主義) (gongnijuui)
Malayalam: പ്രയോജനവാദം (prayōjanavādaṃ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utilitarianisme m
Persian: فایده‌گرایی‎
Portuguese: utilitarismo (pt) m
Russian: утилитаризм (ru) (utilitarizm)
Spanish: utilitarismo (es) m
Swedish: utilitarism (sv) c
Tagalog: karahatan
Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa vị lợi (主義為利), chủ nghĩa công lợi (主義功利)