Modern Utilitarianism

(Ch3)...philosophers have advocated equal considerations of interests...only a few have recognized...applications beyond our own species...one of the few being Jeremy Bentham...the founding father of modern utilitarianism...

(Ch1)...it differs from classical utilitarianism...in that 'best consequences' is understood as meaning what...furthers the interests of those affected (individual preferences incorporated)...rather than merely what increases pleasure and reduces pain...