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The member of Parliament claims his proposed social reform is a good one. Why? Because it will make his constituents happy, and since social reform is meant to increase human happiness, any reform must be achieving its purpose if it makes at least one person happy.

The member of Parliament assumes any reform that makes at least one person happy must increase the total happiness of humans, and that any reform is good if it achieves its purpose.

This is fully compatible with the member of Parliament’s argument. By his reasoning, his reform will be good even if it only makes his constituents happy.

This does not challenge the assumption that a reform will increase total human happiness if it makes at least one person happy. The proposed reform may make some people happy and leave everyone else unaffected, in which case it would be a good reform by his rule.

This strengthens the argument. If the only people affected by the reform are those it makes happier, then the proposed reform really does increase human happiness in total.

This challenges a key assumption—that any reform that makes somebody happy must make people happier overall. The proposed reform might decrease total human happiness, even if it pleases the member’s own constituents.

This does not say a good reform must be popular. Nowhere does the member of parliament argue his reform would be good because it receives widespread support.

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