Yeah I'm more of a negative utilitarist (minimising unhappiness seems better to me than maximising happiness) but I'd call myself a utilitarist.
Also in its pure form its virtually impossible to apply, which leaves a lot of freedom which I think is part of the reason it's abused so much
The only possible way of applying it is to generalise somehow since you can't look into the future and judge outcomes case by case. I think the best way is not to base rules on it (with laws like 'stealing is bad' there are too many exceptions) but evaluate abstract concepts, like empathy, jealousy, etc. and go from there, which requires a lot of honest introspection. But I guess you need that for any kind of moral compass
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