Utilitarianism, the principle of maximizing good for the greatest number of people, is fairly common in informing social norms and policy-making. It's a guidel

Utilitarianism, the principle of maximizing good for the greatest number of people, is fairly common in informing social norms and policy-making. It's a guideline, but not an absolute rule. We can acknowledge its value as a general approach yet also recognize situations where a strictly utilitarian choice would be abhorrent. Life is not so black-and-white.