That is an answer to a different question—shminux did not ask why it’s relevant, but why it’s meaningful.
In other words, the question is not about the desirability of having simple aggregate measures of human experience, but about the possibility of their existence.
It’s relevant to some forms of utilitarian ethics.
That is an answer to a different question—shminux did not ask why it’s relevant, but why it’s meaningful.
In other words, the question is not about the desirability of having simple aggregate measures of human experience, but about the possibility of their existence.