61) I believe this is true because utilitarianism, in principle, completely ignores the importance of fairness. Utilitarianism states that happiness is all that matters when considering the morality of a situation. This is frankly inconsistent with the beliefs of many because most people believe that there is more to morality than just happiness. Most people believe that a society is just, not based on the total happiness it produces, but based on the fairness of distribution. Are everyone's basic needs met? Are there major inequalities in society? Do people get what they deserve? All of these questions are relevant to people's ideas about the rightness of a society, but utilitarianism thinks that these questions don't matter. Furthermore, even if a utilitarian disagreed with Driver's conclusion, this would be based on the fact that he misunderstands the utility produced in the example given, not because there is anything intrinsically wrong with his non-egalitarian society. Most people believe that there is something inherently wrong with a society structured in this way, but a utilitarian would not, and so I think Driver is right that utilitarianism does not align with the distributive sense of most part of the people.