This idea is based on the "greatesthappinessprinciple".
这种主张的基础便是最大幸福主义。
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Mill formulated this as 'the GreatestHappinessPrinciple', which holds that 'actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
穆勒将倾向于促进幸福的行动是正确的,反之则是错误的,定义为“最大幸福原理”。
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In philosophy he attacks consequentialism, the view that what matters about an action is its consequences, which is usually coupled with utilitarianism's "greatesthappiness" principle.