The number of papers published in Social Choice and Welfare has tremendously increased over the years. This paper is a subjective overview of the parallel development of the journal and the subjects it covers. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

The paper axiomatises a generalised utilitarian aggregation rule, under which different weights are assigned to utilities depending on the different rights involved. The relationship between actions, rights and the evaluation of utilities is investigated. Application is made to a famous example,...