Jan Narveson, following the utilitarian reasoning she uses in Morality of Marilyn, believes the focus of moral action should be to cause the least amount of pain and greatest amount of pleasure for the most amount of people. When applied to Earle Birney's, David, we cannot directly compare a masses sentiment against that of an individual. Jan Narveson might approach this from a different angle, attempting to quantify the pain of David against one’s moral obligation to preserve life. When David falls from the peak of the mountain we can be almost certain of two things, that there is little time to save him and that if saved he will live as a paraplegic. The probable consequences to be expected result in David leading an unsatisfactory life by