List of utilitarians

This is an incomplete list of advocates of utilitarianism and/or consequentialism. Template:Dynamic list

Deceased

Ancient & Medieval

• Epicurus<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Lucretius
• Mozi<ref>Template:Cite thesis</ref>
• Roger Bacon<ref name="Brill 2021 p. 280">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Clegg 2013 p. 141">Template:Cite book</ref>

17th century

• Richard Cumberland<ref name="Crimmins">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp
• John Gay<ref name="Crimmins"/>Template:Rp
• Bernard Mandeville<ref>F. B. Kaye, "The Writings of Bernard Mandeville: a Biographical Survey,” The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 20, no. 4 (1921): 419–67 ("one of the most important figures in the development of eighteenth-century utilitarianism")</ref>