concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: principle of utility

principle of utility
type: Concept
broader: utilitarianism
broader: theories of ethics
definition: The principle of utility, also known as the greatest happiness principle, is associated with Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), the first of the great 19th-century utilitarians. As Bentham and later John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) expounded it, the principle approves or disapproves of actions based on whether they increase or decrease the happiness of everyone affected by the action. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Utility, Principle of]

theories of ethics
type: Concept
narrower: principle of utility

utilitarianism
type: Concept
narrower: principle of utility