utilitarianist
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From utilitarian + -ist.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]utilitarianist (plural utilitarianists)
- (uncommon) One who subscribes to the philosophy of utilitarianism.
- Synonym: utilitarian
- 2001, K. Douglas Hoffman, John E. G. Bateson, Essentials of Services Marketing: Concepts, Strategies and Cases:
- In contrast to the egoist, the utilitarianist defines acceptable behavior as that which maximizes the principle of utility — the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
- 2007, Christian Bacher, Corporate Codes of Ethics, page 6:
- Like the utilitarianist, the egoist tries to maximise good over evil as an intrinsically good moral end. In difference, he strives only for his greatest pleasure.
- 2012, Juhana Lemetti, Historical Dictionary of Hobbes's Philosophy, page 221:
- Traditionally he has been considered a consequentalist or a utilitarianist; the famous Taylor–Warrender thesis (Taylor 1938; Warrender 1957) has sought to show that Hobbes's moral philosophy is deontological; […]
Adjective
[edit]utilitarianist (comparative more utilitarianist, superlative most utilitarianist)
- (uncommon) Relating to utilitarianism.
- Synonym: utilitarian