Therefore, Bentham's own hedonic calculus—accounting for intensity, duration, and extent of pleasure and pain—can mandate contraceptive provision when suffering is widespread and severe.

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Bentham(The statement references his specific idea about trust and power): Jeremy Bentham was an 18th-century British philosopher who believed the goal of society should be to create the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
Contraceptive provision(as an ethical action the hedonic calculus might support): Making birth control methods available and accessible to people who want to use them.
Extent(as a dimension of measuring happiness): How many people are affected by the pleasure—a choice that makes one person happy counts differently than one that makes many people happy.
Hedonic calculus(as the secular, non-religious framework Benatar uses): A method of evaluating what's good or bad by measuring pleasure and pain—basically, a way of thinking about morality based on adding up happiness versus suffering.

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