With Utility ethics, the person needs to weigh the cost and benefits of their decision to the society. This means that the benefit to the society is more important than the benefit to the individual. The advantage to this theory is that it focuses on the benefits of the society as a whole. There are two main schools of thought with the concept of utility ethics.... With one of the versions implies that the overall good IS the happiness. The second version implies that the greater good is the rational satisfaction as the preference of choice… What is the difference here and how does that play into your comments?