Alexis Stewart, the salty daughter of homemaking goddess Martha Stewart, in a new book, writes that her mother strived for television perfection but was not a perfect parent. If I didn't do something perfectly, I had to do it again, writes Stewart, 46. I grew up with a glue gun pointed at my head. Martha does everything better. You can't win!
utilitarianism. noun. 1  The belief that the value of a thing or an action is determined by its utility. 2  The ethical theory proposed by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill that all action should be directed toward achieving the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
People should live so as to maximise good consequences; Different forms of consequentialism differ over what the good thing is that should be maximised. Utilitarianism states that people should maximise human welfare or well-being (which they used to call 'utility' - hence the name). Hedonism states that people should maximise human pleasure.