Which of the following best defines Utilitarianism ?

A. a philosophy dictating that we should only keep what we use on a daily basis.

B. a farming technique aimed at maximizing productivity with the fewest tools

C. a critical methodology stating that all words have a single meaningful function within a given piece of literature

D. a moral arithmetic, which states that all humans aim to maximize the greatest pleasure to the greatest number

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