negative utilitarian
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
8
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
Example Sentences
- "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 involves potentially inconsistent goals (minimize pain and maximize pleasure), it is thus far preferable to a negative utilitarian principle of simply minimizing pain."
- "Some argue for a negative utilitarian view that focuses on minimization of misery rather than the maximization of well-being (Wolf 1997)."
- "Some transhumanist scholars hold a negative utilitarian ethic, advocating that the strongest ethical mandate is the abolition of suffering among sentient beings."
- "Although, along with many so-called negative utilitarians, his emphasis is on reducing pain, rather than increasing pleasure."
- "Rather than strive to achieve the best balance of happiness over pain, negative utilitarians argue that we should be concerned with minimising extremes of pain."
- "First, as indicated already, negative utilitarians seek to minimize the sum total of distress."
Inflected Forms
more negative utilitarian (comparative)
most negative utilitarian (superlative)
negative utilitarians (plural)