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I believe utilitarianism is the moral philosophy most non-theists gravitate towards naturally. The best part of the philosophy is that it’s actually useful(duh!) as in, it could actually help people solve trolley problems.

But there are varying levels of trolley problems it utterly fails at. For example, suppose there’s a murderer, who gets caught, killing him and harvesting his organs could probably save 9 lives, is it moral to do so?

Utilitarian thinking maximising for ultimate human benefit would probably say yes.

So let’s take it a step further, if it’s a thief? Would it be moral to harvest their body then? Suppose the 9 lives being saved were some really important lives of some very consequential people that could benefit humanity greatly? Does it even matter in that case of wether the body we’re harvesting from is of a delinquent, and not just a random inconsequential fellow?

Idk what the right answer is tbh. I’m just stretching the concept of utilitarianism to the extremes so that we’re aware of the breaking points.

My personal philosophy is to live life as if “there’s a god”. They might not be omnipotent. Imagine you’re the main character of the tv show everyone is watching. Do you like the protagonist? This kind of thinking doesn’t answer any questions, but does help you become self aware of your actions, your actions should atleast be justifiable to yourself.

Sorry for the long answer, you touched a topic, as you rightly guessed, that I think about deeply 😅

Do read this book called Moral Tribes by Joshua Greene, it explores morality in a very reasonable manner. Very insightful.