Investopedia / Jessica Olah The theory of utilitarianism promotes "the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people." Utilitarianism is a theory of morality that supports actions that ...

One answer to that question – letting a minority suffer so that the majority may benefit – is known as utilitarianism. And it’s one of the most common, and controversial, ways of making ...

Alan M. Gershel is a criminal law professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School. From 1989 to 2008, he was chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of ...

If you answered yes, you were probably using a form of moral reasoning called "utilitarianism." Stripped down to its essentials, utilitarianism is a moral principle that holds that the morally right ...

Here’s what we can learn from them. There is a new phenomenon sweeping the world of marketing: utilitarianism marketing — providing would-be customers with something useful while also ...

Religion, like the Arts and Sciences, has to maintain itself upon a strictly economic basis. That means that its debts must be paid, its servants salaried that they may live. To do this, Religion ...