It would be nice if utilitarianism signified that—but in fact it is about the greatest good for the greatest number:
“Utilitarianism (also: utilism) is the idea that the moral worth of an action is determined solely by its utility in providing happiness or pleasure as summed among all sentient beings.”
Optimising one’s lifestyle for the efficient acquisition of power to enable future creation of bulk quantities of paper-clips. For example.
It would be nice if utilitarianism signified that—but in fact it is about the greatest good for the greatest number:
“Utilitarianism (also: utilism) is the idea that the moral worth of an action is determined solely by its utility in providing happiness or pleasure as summed among all sentient beings.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism