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1726 CE: Francis Hutcheson coins the term "the greatest happiness of the greatest number" in his Inquiry Concerning Moral Good and Evil.
1748 CE - 1832 CE: Life of the English philosopher and founder of utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham.
1789 CE: Jeremy Bentham publishes his thoughts on utilitarianism in his Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation.
1859 CE: John Stuart Mill publishes his On Liberty.
1863 CE: John Stuart Mill publishes his Utilitarianism.