Well, if the action produces "more utility". Lives is one measure, but, while "lives saved - lives lost" will probably play a role in most ways of defining "uti

Well, if the action produces "more utility". Lives is one measure, but, while "lives saved - lives lost" will probably play a role in most ways of defining "utility", I don't think most utilitarians would have it by itself as what they consider to be "utility"? (I'm not a utilitarian, or even a consequentialist, I just want to be fair.) A utilitarian may also consider things like, "likely impacts on public trust in medicine" and what effects that is likely to cause, when considering how an action might influence "total utility".