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Benthamite
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English
Alternative forms
en benthamite
Etymology
From en Bentham ite.
Adjective
Relating to the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham.
en 2017 Ben J. Heijdra Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics 3rd 978-0-19-878413-5 654f. Following Calvo and Obstfeld and Diamond we assume that the social welfare function takes the following Benthamite form:
Noun
One who subscribes to the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham.
en 1924 w:Herman Melville w:Billy Budd London Constable & Co. 4 http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0608511h.html Well, should we set aside the more disputable point whether for various reasons it was possible to anchor the fleet, then plausibly enough the Benthamites of war may urge the above. https://web.archive.org/web/20261012090611/http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0608511h.html 12 October 2026
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