negative utilitarian

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negative utilitarian

adjective more negative utilitarian · most negative utilitarian

Pertaining to negative utilitarianism. Notice, however, that a single-minded emphasis on eliminating pain would seem to imply that hunting a population of sentient creatures to extinction would be a good thing, because this would prevent an infinite amount of pain. Although the hedonistic utilitarian principle as usually formulated invol

noun negative utilitarians

Someone who practices or advocates negative utilitarianism. Although, along with many so-called negative utilitarians, his emphasis is on reducing pain, rather than increasing pleasure.

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@misc{negative_utilitarian_2026,
  title = {negative utilitarian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/negative%20utilitarian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}