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by darby_nine 643 days ago
> People of integrity with utilitarian leaning are often labeled amoral or unemotional.

Utilitarianism is a moral concept. I think you just mean analytical.

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Maybe, but some people think it’s weird when you say “of course I’d divert the train over that grandpa”
I think it's interesting that the trolley problem is so useless you could interpret this as a statement for or against virtually any ideology or moral framework. Hence my rejection of any moral implication to bare analysis.