Utilitarianism
WordNet
noun
(1) Doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
- the theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"; hedonistic universalism.