When 'social welfare' is discussed, we do not necessarily begin by talking about 'individuals';
we are just as likely to talk about 'society', and to think of individuals as members of it.
Little argues:
'Most people who consider the welfare of society do not, I am sure, think of it as a
logical construction from the welfares of individuals. They think rather in terms of
social or economic groups, or in terms of average or representative men.' (1957,
p.49)