principle of action
121greatest happiness principle — noun : a prinicple in Benthamism: right and wrong are to be judged by the degree to which the action judged achieves the greatest happiness of the greatest number called also utility principle; compare universalistic hedonism …
122minimax principle — noun : a principle of choice for a decision problem: one should choose the action which minimizes the loss that can be suffered even under the worst circumstances …
123principe d’action d’un instrument de mesurage — matavimo priemonės veikimo principas statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Fizikinis reiškinys ar fizikos dėsnis, kuriuo grindžiamas matavimo priemonės veikimas. atitikmenys: angl. operating principle of a measuring… …
124law of mass action — noun Chemistry the principle that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the concentrations of the reacting substances …
125law of mass action — noun (chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances • Topics: ↑chemistry, ↑chemical science • Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑law of… …
126Kant’s moral and political philosophy — Don Becker Practical philosophy, for Kant, is concerned with how one ought to act. His first important work in practical philosophy, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, provides Kant’s argument for the fundamental principle of how one ought …
127Lagrangian mechanics — is a re formulation of classical mechanics that combines conservation of momentum with conservation of energy. It was introduced by Italian mathematician Lagrange in 1788. In Lagrangian mechanics, the trajectory of a system of particles is… …
128British moralists of the eighteenth century: Shaftesbury, Butler and Price — David McNaughton In this chapter I discuss the moral theories of three influential writers: Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713); Joseph Butler (1692–1752) and Richard Price (1723–91). All three wrote extensively on issues …