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Utilitarianism
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15241c.htmA modern form of the Hedonistic ethical theory which teaches that the end of human conduct is happiness, and that consequently the discriminating norm which distinguishes conduct into right and wrong is pleasure and pain.
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