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UTILITARIANS
Noun
utilitarians
plural of utilitarian
Source: Wiktionary
UTILITARIAN
U*til`i*ta"ri*an, a. Etym: [See Utility.]
1. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.
2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society. J. S. Mill.
U*til`i*ta"ri*an, n.
Definition: One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism. The utilitarians are for merging all the particular virtues into one, and would substitute in their place the greatest usefulness, as the alone principle to which every question respecting the morality of actions should be referred. Chalmers. But what is a utilitarian Simply one who prefers the useful to the useless; and who does not Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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