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Utilitarianism vs Liberalism - What's the difference?

utilitarianism | liberalism |

As nouns the difference between utilitarianism and liberalism

is that utilitarianism is a system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness while liberalism is the quality of being liberal.

utilitarianism

English

(wikipedia utilitarianism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • Coordinate terms

    * deontology

    liberalism

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being liberal.
  • Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.
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  • An economic theory in favour of laissez faire and the free market.