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Greatest happiness principle is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

greatest happiness principle

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill, FRSE was a British philosopher, political economist and civil servant. He was an influential contributor to social theory, political theory and political economy. He has been called "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century". Mill's conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. Mill expresses his view on freedom by illustrating how an individual's amelioration of personal quality and self improvement is the sole source of true freedom. That only when an individual is able to attain such a beneficial standard of one's self, whilst in the absence of rendering external onerosity upon others, in their own journey to procure a higher calibre of self worth, that true freedom resides. Mill's attitude toward freedom and individual accomplishment through self improvement has inspired many throughout time. By establishing an appreciable level of worthiness concerned with one's ability to fulfill personal standards of notability and merit, Mill was able to provide many with a principle example of how they should achieve such particular values.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE

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Greater Sunda Islands
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WORDS THAT END LIKE GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE

anthropic principle
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first principle
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Heisenberg uncertainty principle
in principle
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on principle
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Pauli exclusion principle
Peter Principle
pleasure principle
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Synonyms and antonyms of greatest happiness principle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «greatest happiness principle» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

最大的幸福原则
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

principio de la mayor felicidad
570 millions of speakers

English

greatest happiness principle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सबसे बड़ी खुशी सिद्धांत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعظم مبدأ السعادة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

великий принцип счастье
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maior princípio felicidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সর্বাধিক সুখ নীতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

principe du plus grand bonheur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prinsip kebahagiaan yang paling besar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

größte Glück Prinzip
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

最大幸福原理
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가장 큰 행복 의 원리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paling seneng prinsip
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên tắc hạnh phúc lớn nhất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகப்பெரிய மகிழ்ச்சி கொள்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

महान सुखी तत्त्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

En büyük mutluluk ilkesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

principio della massima felicità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Największe szczęście zasada
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

великий принцип щастя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cel mai mare principiu fericire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγαλύτερο αρχή ευτυχία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grootste geluk beginsel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

störst princip lycka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

største lykke prinsippet
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about greatest happiness principle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE»

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Understanding Philosophy for AS Level
The greatest happiness principle The principle of utility Jeremy Bentham (1748- 1832) Classical utilitarianism, that is, utilitarianism in its traditional form, starts from such a position. It takes the everyday, common fact that human beings want to ...
Christopher Hamilton, 2003
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The National Charity Company: Jeremy Bentham's Silent Revolution
See Amnon Goldworth, "The Meaning of Bentham's Greatest Happiness Principle ," Journal of the History of Philosophy (July 1969) pp. 315-21. It is, however, on prima facie grounds rather dangerous to say, as Professor Goldworth does, that ...
Charles F. Bahmueller, 1981
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The Westminster Review
It is possible to imagine a heretic burnt on pretence of ' the greatest happiness principle,' as well as on pretence of the love of God. The planter and the military flogger avow boldly, that flogging is the greatest happiness. But their misfortune is, ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, John Stuart Mill, 1829
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Eight Theories of Ethics
Second, to the objection that it would be a bad thing if our every action was guided by the Greatest Happiness Principle, the rule utilitarian replies that our actions should be guided by an adherence to rules which are themselves justified by ...
Gordon Graham, 2004
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The Ethical Dimension of Psychoanalysis: A Dialogue
According to the greatest happiness principle, happiness is both the ultimate and only end for which all actions are carried out. Acts are morally good insofar as they produce happiness or means to achieve it, and morally evil if they do not.
W. W. Meissner, 2003
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Bentham: A Fragment on Government
This volume makes available one of the central texts in the development of utilitarian tradition, in the authoritative 1977 edition prepared by Professors Burns and Hart as part of Bentham's Collected Works.
Jeremy Bentham, James Henderson Burns, Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart, 1988
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The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay
A paper comes forth, professing to contain a full development of the “ greatest happiness principle,” with the latest improvements of Mr Bentham. The writer boasts that his article has the hOnour of being the announcement and the organ of this ...
Macaulay (Thomas Babington), 1871
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Complex Societal Dynamics: Security Challenges and Opportunities
The Greatest Happiness Principle is well known, and it is a standard subject of most introductions to moral philosophy. The principle needs a great deal of interpretation, since, as it stands, it does not speak of the ways of recognizing and  ...
Katalin Martinás, Dario Matika, Armano Srbljinović, 2010
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The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill
This volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill's most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selections from his other writings, including the complete text of his "Remarks on Bentham's Philosophy.
John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer, 2003
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The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
The Westminster Reviewer had the wit to see that he could not defend this palpable nonsense; but, instead of manfully owning that he had misunderstood the whole nature of the ' greatest happiness principle' in the summer, and had obtained ...
‎1830

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE»

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Pitfalls of Economic Globalization
'The greatest happiness principle: The greatest happiness of the greatest number of people is the foundation of morals and legislation.' Jeremy ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jun 15»
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Utilitarianism (Part 1 & 2)
“…the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Mar 15»
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Symposium--federalists, anti-federalists and utilitarianism
... consequences, making a decision about what will bring about the greatest happiness to the most people (i.e., Greatest Happiness Principle). «RenewAmerica, Mar 15»
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How do we decide if offending someone is unethical or not?
He labels his utilitarianism “The Greatest Happiness Principle“, which is telling us that we should not cause unhappiness. Mill's On Liberty is ... «The Conversation AU, Jan 15»
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If charges don't show up on your bill, do you have a moral imperative …
But pangs of conscience aside, my friends and I will usually win hand's down --- especially when "the greatest happiness principle" is ... «OregonLive.com, Nov 11»
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From the personhood of animals to infanticide and bestiality: the …
While his ethical philosophy became known as utilitarianism, Bentham himself preferred to call it "the greatest happiness principle" since it is ... «RenewAmerica, May 10»
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Shall Boys Live with Girls? Gender-Neutral Housing and the …
... he would stroke his muttonchops in a moment of brief contemplation and then point you to his "Greatest Happiness Principle," which states ... «Politics Daily, Jan 10»

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