U*til`i*ta"ri*an (?), a. [See
Utility.]
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.
2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting
utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the
Utilitarian Society. J. S. Mill.
U*til`i*ta"ri*an (?), n. One who holds
the doctrine of utilitarianism.
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.
But what is a utilitarian? Simply one who prefers the
useful to the useless; and who does not?
Sir W.
Hamilton.
U*til`i*ta"ri*an (?), a. [See
Utility.]
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.
2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting
utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the
Utilitarian Society. J. S. Mill.
U*til`i*ta"ri*an (?), n. One who holds
the doctrine of utilitarianism.
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.
But what is a utilitarian? Simply one who prefers the
useful to the useless; and who does not?
Sir W.
Hamilton.
