utilitarianism

英 [jʊ,tɪlɪ'teərɪənɪz(ə)m] 美['jʊtɪlə'tɛrɪə'nɪzəm]

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