What are your opinions on utilitarianism? pic unrelated

What are your opinions on utilitarianism? pic unrelated

I'm so utilitarian that I've realized we'd all maximize true happiness through deontological ethics

This but semi-ironically

>all of ethics is really utilitarian!
>yeah, utilitarianism is just the most rational moral theory
>wait, youre a deontologist? why do you want less happiness and more pain??
>haha this guy Kant thinks we shouldn't lie to murderers, what an idiot amirite?
>why yes, I do have both my kidneys. Why are you asking?

>he still thinks "u can't lie to murderers" is an objection to deontology
>he doesn't think slamming the door in a murderer's face and calling the police is categorically moral

>he still has material possessions
>he eats meat
>he isn't working 16 hours a day to give more african children malaria vaccines

wym

>he treats africans as ends
lmao

a common rejection of deontology is that you can't teleologically suspend the ethical under any circumstances because its categorical
the common circumstance being a murder asking you where your children are or some such nonsense
all individuals must be treated as ends, so you cannot "lie" to a murderer
but you can of course apprehend him, refuse to cooperate at all, or even tackle him (deontology doesn't entail pacifism)

on the other hand, utilitarianism forces you to teleologically suspend the ethical when it allows even one more dopamine molecule to be released