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The Utilitarian Approach to Life
Jeremy Bentham thought that the only good thing in life is pleasure. Now we know so much more about animals, we can't afford to think in this crude way. Both humans and other animals pursue many different things in their lives. Animals don't need only to be free from pain. They also need social relationships with other members of their species. And sometimes they feel pain when they don't have those things.