Repeat the above process with respect to each personwhose interests appear to be concerned; and then sum theresults. If this balance is on the side of pleasure, that is theover-all good tendency of the act with respect to the interestsof the community; if on the side of pain, its over-all badtendency.
I find this idea to be quite interesting because the philosophies we have studied thus far haven't taken a summing approach in determining whether an action is good or bad. I think that many actions can be perceived as both good and bad depending on who is judging the action, so I like this philosophy's idea of summing the values of the pleasure and pains an action causes for all inflicted people. I also like how this allows for someone to perceive an action different from what the community as a whole may perceive it. However, I can't help but believe that comparing the value of one person's pleasure with another person's pain can be difficult at times.