utilitarianism

उपयोगी नै राम्रो हो भन्ने सिद्धान्त, विशेषतः जेरेमी बेन्थम र जेम्स मिलद्वारा विकसित; अधिकतम मानिसको अधिकतम सुख यसको उद्देश्य

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