Utilitarianism defines wrongness purely as inflicting pain on others

Evidence

Within that system, we can all agree that causing harm or pain to others is the essence of wrongdoing. The definition of immorality that arises from utilitarian considerations centers around a notion of actions that inflict pain on others. As the old characterization went, “my freedom of action ends just a centimeter away from hitting your nose.” We might say that, within a utilitarian perspective, my possibility of doing wrong begins about at your nose. Wrong actions, more formally, are those that impinge on the other, and cause that other pain or harm. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3861

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Utilitarianism can only treat people consistently by denying their sense of being ethical agents. — Douglas A. Kysar, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental…, 122