Abstract

The greatest happiness principle is a moral tenet, which holds that the best thing to do is what contributes to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people.

doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3903, hdl.handle.net/1765/77329
Department of Sociology

Veenhoven, R. (2014). Greater happiness for a greater number. In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (pp. 2612–2613). doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3903