This is an incomplete list of advocates of

utilitarianism In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for all affected individuals. Although different varieties of utilitarianism admit different chara ...

and/or

consequentialism In ethical philosophy, consequentialism is a class of normative, teleological ethical theories that holds that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for judgment about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct. Thus, fro ...

Deceased

Ancient

* Epicurus *

Lucretius Titus Lucretius Carus ( , ; – ) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the philosophical poem ''De rerum natura'', a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, and which usually is translated into En ...

* Mozi

17th century

* Richard Cumberland * John Gay * Bernard MandevilleF. B. Kaye, "The Writings of Bernard Mandeville: a Biographical Survey,” ''The Journal of English and Germanic Philology'', 20, no. 4 (1921): 419–67 ("one of the most important figures in the development of eighteenth-century utilitarianism")

18th century

19th century

20th century

Living

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Utilitarians In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for all affected individuals. Although different varieties of utilitarianism admit different charact ...