In its most general form, the utilitarian principle calls for maximizing overall societal benefits.
They also illustrate how ageing is constantly being negotiated at an individual and societal level, and how successful ageing occurs in different ways.
The societal perspective focuses primarily on the cost-worthiness of a treatment, based on considerations of social distribution, cost containment, and rationing.
On the contrary, tying the protection of individual rights to the character and functioning of the society makes individuals hostage to societal fortune.
When the government undertakes activities, the possibility is created for gains to be transferred to individuals for their own advantage, reducing the societal benefits produced.
Many of these techniques are costly, both on a per-case and aggregate societal basis, and will compete for increasingly scarce healthcase resources.
State and society have been debilitated by the former's lack of legitimacy and by cumulative onslaughts on the economy and societal integrity.
Recent literature, in contrast, has tended to reject this stance, arguing instead that military efficiency was influenced heavily by societal culture.
