Utilitarianism holds that one should seek the ‘general happiness,’ not just one’s own happiness exclusively. But it is not clear how does a person figure out which course of action conforms to the Greatest Happiness Principle. Mill seems to tell us that by encouraging individuals to pursue their own happiness, the ‘general happiness’ will be promoted. One of the challenges against the utilitarian principle is that if each individual is motivated solely by the desire for her own happiness, there is no reason to assume that personal action (motivated the desire for pleasure) will at the same time promote the interests of society. What do you think about this challenge? How does Mill respond to this challenge? Do you think that the utilitarian doctrine has adequately addressed the gap between individuals’ happiness and the “general happiness”?