That action is best which ...

That action is best which procures the greatest happiness.
That action is best which procures the greatest happiness.
 Francis Hutcheson

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The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency he has a right thus to act.
 Francis Hutcheson