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utilitarian
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Utilitarian \U*til`i*ta"ri*an\, a. [See Utility.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; ?iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Utilitarian \U*til`i*ta"ri*an\, n.
One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
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The utilitarians are for merging all the particular
virtues into one, and would substitute in their place
the greatest usefulness, as the alone principle to
which every question respecting the morality of actions
should be referred. --Chalmers.
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But what is a utilitarian? Simply one who prefers the
useful to the useless; and who does not? --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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