Let p be the number of things that are prefered to be true that are true and n be the number of things that are prefered to be true that are false. Also, let Q be the average amount that things that are prefered to be true that are true and D be the average amount that things which are prefered to be true that are false. Let x be how moral the circumstance is. The most moral action is the action that creates the highest value using the below formula. Please note that I only consider preferences that exist in the present moment.
x = (p * Q) / (n * D)
In layman terms, if it's currently most prefered and least prefered against, it's currently most moral.
For me, ethical questions are often very simple to answer. Imagine you're conducting a train. There are two tracks. On one track, there are five people who would be killed if you didn't switch tracks; and on the other track, there would be just one person who would be killed if you switched tracks. What should you do? The answer is switch tracks to kill one person and save five, because that is most prefered for people to do.
Now imagine you're a doctor who would have to assassinate, illegally, one person if they were to use their organs to save five people's lives through an illegal operation. What should you do? The answer is kill the one person and save the five people because that would be prefered. Or are you saying that people would prefer the opposite instead?
No one likes people who try to keep their hands clean and allow even more evil outcomes to occur because they don't want to be judged by a deity. Why? Because they're doing it to save their own skin rather than to help. In my not-at-all-humble opinion, moral absolutists seem to have childish, overly simplistic attitudes towards real world ethics.
