Existentialism vs Utilitarianism - What's the difference?
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(philosophy, not countable) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.
(philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.
* 1965 , Mikel Dufrenne, "Existentialism and Existentialisms," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , vol 26 no 1 (Sep), p. 51.
(philosophy) A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
(philosophy) the theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"; hedonistic universalism.
As nouns the difference between existentialism and utilitarianism
is that existentialism is a twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices while utilitarianism is a system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.existentialism
English
(wikipedia existentialism)Noun
(en noun)- The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.
- Sartre's existentialism''' is atheistic, but the '''existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.
- Instead of Existentialism', we should speak of ' Existentialisms .