utilitarian view
collocation in Englishmeaningsofutilitarianandview
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utilitarian
adjective
uk/ˌjuː.tɪ.lɪˈteə.ri.ən/us/juːˌtɪl.əˈter.i.ən/
designed to be useful rather ...
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view
noun
uk/vjuː/us/vjuː/
an opinion, belief, or idea, or a way of thinking ...
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According to theutilitarianview, dignity cannot be limited to humanity or rationality, and it cannot be based on theological or biological considerations.
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They set aside, as unimportant, the traditionalutilitarianviewabout which consequences matter, namely that welfare and nothing else matters.
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It takes them more seriously than autilitarianviewof justice takes the distinctions among persons.
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So, in concentrating on functional (as opposed to structural) characteristics, we are taking an entirelyutilitarianviewof ecosystems.
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The emphasis on efficiency is, of course, a sort ofutilitarianview, and utilitarianism is mistaken in all sorts of ways.
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So we see our efforts as aimed at providing autilitarianviewof the design space.
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First, consistent with a contractarian view of society (14), and in opposition to autilitarianview (7), there should be equal treatment of citizens who are equally worthy.
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In ethical terms, the politician and manager tend to take theutilitarianview, whilst for the doctor, his or her duty of care to the individual is paramount.
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I think that his phrase about the falseutilitarianviewcould apply to a great many of the things we have done in the past.
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Autilitarianviewasserts that it is obligatory to steer to the track with one man on it.
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This ratherutilitarianviewof religion disturbed people who were often in agreement with many of his ideas.
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In his earlier writings he had expressly denied theutilitarianviewthat law was a set of commands of the sovereign, rules of conduct that became legal duties.
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International students adopt an essentiallyutilitarianviewof higher education which is likely to increasingly involve consideration of value for money, including opting for programmes at least partly delivered offshore.
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Beccaria assumed autilitarianviewof society along with a social contract theory of the state.
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It combines theutilitarianviewthat moral status comes from the ability to feel pain with the rights-view prohibition on using others as a means to an end.
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I am specially interested in this issue because of my utilitarian views.
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This contrasts with traditional utilitarian views that see development purely in terms of economic growth, and poverty purely as income-deprivation.
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