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negative utilitarians

negative utilitarians is the plural of negative utilitarian.

Meaning of negative utilitarian

Noun

negative utilitarian (plural negative utilitarians)

  1. Someone who practices or advocates negative utilitarianism.
    • Although, along with many so-called negative utilitarians, his emphasis is on reducing pain, rather than increasing pleasure.2001, Christopher Belshaw, Environmental Philosophy: Reason, Nature and Human Concern, Chesham, Bucks: Acumen, →ISBN, page 296

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Questions about negative utilitarians

What is negative utilitarians the plural of?
Negative utilitarians is the plural of negative utilitarian.

Words near negative utilitarians in the dictionary

  1. negative transfer
  2. negative transfers
  3. negative utilitarian
  4. negative utilitarianism
  5. negative utilitarianisms
  6. negative utilitarians
  7. negative verb
  8. negative verbs
  9. negative zero
  10. negative zeroes
  11. negative zeros

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