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Jeremy

(Encyclopedia) JeremyJeremyjĕrˈĭmē [key], English form of Jeremiah. The Epistle of Jeremy is a title given to the sixth chapter of Baruch.

utilitarianism

(Encyclopedia) utilitarianismutilitarianismy&oomacr;ˌtĭlĭtrˈēənĭzəm, y&oomacr;tĭˌ– [key], in ethics, the theory that the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by its usefulness in…

Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham was a key founder of Utilitarianism -- simply put, the philosophy that a moral act is one which produces the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Bentham outlined this…

Jeremy Sumpter

Jeremy Sumpter was a teen actor actor when he took the title role in the high-profile 2003 film version of Peter Pan. Sumpter was born in central California, but spent most of his childhood in…

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner starred in the 2009 film The Hurt Locker and won an Oscar nomination as best actor. Renner grew up in central California and did mostly stage work before coming to films and television…

Jeremy Piven

Jeremy Piven won his third Emmy in 2008 for his supporting role as Hollywood agent Ari Gold in the HBO series Entourage. Piven grew up in Evanston, Illinois in a theater family: his parents, Byrne…

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons is known as a masterful and slightly unnerving dramatic actor who bounces between serious dramas and popcorn blockbusters. The English actor is best known for playing villains in Die…

Jeremy Brett

Name at birth: Peter Jeremy William HugginsJeremy Brett is best known for his portrayal of master detective Sherlock Holmes in a series of episodes for British television filmed between 1984 and 1994…

Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin is the Asian-American point guard whose sudden rise in the NBA made him the toast of New York in 2012. Before that moment, said The New York Times, Lin had been "an unheralded prospect, a…