Should the objective of enabling the pursuit of
GNH be pursued by seeking to maximise
aggregate happiness? Leaving aside the question
of whether it is possible with known technology
to add the happiness of different
individuals together to measure the sum of
their happiness, what objections could anyone
have to maximisation of aggregate happiness?
One reason why some people object to
maximisation of aggregate happiness has to do
with what Derek Parfit describes as the ‘repugnant
conclusion’. It is likely that the sum total