Bentham tells us happiness, or more precisely, utility maximizing utility as a principle not only for individuals but also for communities and for legislators.

边沁说，应最大化幸福，或更精确来说，最大化功利,功利最大化原则，不只针对个人,也适用于共同体及立法者。

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Here's how he arrived at the principle of maximizing utility.

在此基础上他提出了功利最大化的原则。

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With this basic principle of utility on hand, let's begin to test it and to examine it by turning to another case, another story, but this time, not a hypothetical story, a real life story, the case of the Queen versus Dudley and Stevens.

有了这条最基本的功利原则，让我们检验一下这条原则,是否适用于另一案例，而这一次，就不再是假定的事件了，是个真实的故事，女王诉达德利和斯蒂芬斯案。

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