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greatest happiness principle
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greatest happiness principle
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(Philosophy) the ethical principle that an action is right in so far as it promotes the greatest happiness of the greatest number of those affected See utilitarianism
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Leaving aside the question of whether it is in principle knowable how many side effects suffered are equal in the felicific calculus to one stroke avoided, it is clear that the doctor is departing from his commitment to individuals when he treats a patient with hypertension: for in any individual case, he has a much greater chance of doing harm (even if of a relatively trivial kind) than of doing good (even if of a significant and life-saving kind).
The felicific calculus of modern medicine: the survival of culture: ... by Daniels, Anthony / New Criterion
 
 
 
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