The Importance of Happiness

Happiness is an elusive concept in general, and it only becomes more elusive when you try to find a way to quantify and measure it. We should instead create policy that focuses on reducing suffering. Unnecessary suffering is something most of us want people to experience as little as possible. Negative utilitarianism calls for us to focus on the stuff we can control,. The suffering we see brazenly in our streets and the imminent problems that face our planet over all.