utilitarian
adjective
pertaining to or consisting in utility.
utilitarians
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pluralof utilitarian.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Rule utilitarians think this list of rules can be modified as needed by reexamining each one through application of the greatest happiness principle.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 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
According to utilitarians, rules are made to be broken, when you make people happier by breaking them.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2020
But at bottom the Japanese are not utilitarians.
From Japan and the California Problem by Toyokichi Iyenaga
