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by MereInterest 2221 days ago
I'd be interested to hear the conflict that you describe between utilitarianism and morals. From my perspective, the two are entirely orthogonal. Morals define what one should optimize (e.g. minimize the number of unnecessary deaths, improve human comfort), and utilitarianism defines how to achieve those goals (for each action, determine how much it achieves those goals).