utilitarian
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Over time, it went from being a utilitarian tool for the countryside to a cult classic, and a favourite of hippies and counter-culturalists.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
A cute AI agent is likely to generate more traction among consumers than a utilitarian large language model, Steinwold said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Cole said many African art collectors favor figures and masks rather than the utilitarian and nontraditional objects Wolfe pursued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
That book led Keynes to reject the utilitarian outlook that, according to Skidelsky, dominated “the mainstream economics of his day and our own.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Their purpose was religious, rather than civic or utilitarian.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
For standard utilitarians, people are nothing more than the "containers" or "vessels" of value.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2022
For instance, utilitarians would support the use of genetic modification to eliminate disease and disability.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
For utilitarians, the only intrinsic value is happiness.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
According to utilitarians, rules are made to be broken, when you make people happier by breaking them.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2020
No school was in more deadly opposition to such à priori truths than the school of Bentham and the utilitarians.
From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Sir Leslie Stephen
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