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(n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Benthamism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/benthamism.html. 1828.
 
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