Simplified Chinese Meaning of benthamism

功利主义

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benthamism (n.)

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions.

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功利主义

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; a

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benthamic => 边沁的, bentham => 边沁, benthal => 滨深带, bent-grass => 弯曲的草, bent on => 坚持,