As against the utilitarians he showed that the beautiful pleases "without interest" (i.e., utilitarian interest); against the intellectualists, that it pleases "without concepts"; and further, against both, that it has "the form of purposiveness" without "representation of a purpose"; and, against the hedonists, that it is "the object of a universal pleasure".
The vision, though, is less notable for its plausibility than its underlying effort to elevate soft power foreign policy strategies into the utilitarian, national-interest discourse that dominates foreign-policy discussion.
If individuals decides to vote, literature shows that his choice will be based either on ideological (acting morally or against taxes) or utilitarian (self-interest) principles, or a mix of both [42, 56].
In a second step, if individual decides to vote, his choice will be based either on ideological (against taxation in general) or utilitarian (self-interest) principles, or a mix of both.
Their relationships with those who are not their intimates are anchored in utilitarian self-interest.
A critical public health ethics approach can also illuminate a broader range of rationales for rich country action in fulfilling Millennium Development Goal 8: "A global partnership for development," such as equity and solidarity, and utilitarian self-interest arguments based on health, security or economic returns.
The second, which is a practical matter relating to the application of rights, is the utilitarian concept of "interests".
Then there is the practical, utilitarian or anthropocentric interest which groups plants according to their human use.
For decades America had defined its interests in utilitarian terms: regional stability, countering terrorism and nuclear proliferation (and, in the cold war years, Soviet influence), defending Israel's security, assuring the free flow of oil and other commerce.
But this worry about potential conflicts between the agent's own interests and utilitarian moral demands seems to arise for any conception of morality that recognizes other-regarding moral demands.
