54), raised two objections: 1) "The act which causes the greatest balance between pleasure and pain for the whole group might be grossly unfair to some individuals and (2) it is difficult or impossible to calculate pleasures and pains and combine them into a sum total” (Gensler, n.d.), thus simply calculating the “greatest amount of happiness” (MacKinnon, 2012, p. 55) that can be experienced. by the greatest number of people, it has proved difficult for opponents of utilitarianism to accept. This writer, for example, would argue that although happiness was advertised by the utilitarian as the intrinsic good to be desired, the modality and object. of happiness varied and were viewed differently by individuals. Mill also clarified that in most aspects of daily life, one person will not influence large numbers of other people, and therefore will not need to consider their own actions in relationship for the good of all, but only for the good of those involved. It is only people who work in the public sphere and who influence many other people who need to think about public good on a regular basis (Spark Notes,