Hodges (1990) considers quality of life from utilitarian and existential perspectives. Utilitarians assume “that there is a basic structure, called human nature, which constitutes our similarity to each other” (p. 45). This approach seeks to quantify
and presuppose some inherent, universal notion of quality of life. Conversely, the existentialist perspective is a pluralistic, self-determined and qualitative approach. The a priori existence of a single, generic notion of quality of life cannot be
assumed because of human diversity.