Utilitarianism
In Our Time: Philosophy
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Utilitarianism and Its Origins in the Late Seventeenth Century
Some theologians were developing ideas, as i understandit, about the divine which appeared to incorporate what became known as utilitarianism. In the late seventeenth century, these theological utilitarians, as we now call them, saw god as being a utilitarian. They didn't use the word utilit they didn't not until francis hutchison in 17 25 s di the word etoev goti a. But it does have a longer lasting life. There's a number of romans, for example, who pick it up. And people who are friends and rivals of cicero very much adhered to epicureanism. Cassius, for exampleas is an adherent of
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