After reading the book. This is spot on about Odium. Utilitarianism, at its core, aspires to maximize happiness or minimize suffering, often summarized as "the greatest good for the greatest number." While this principle seems noble in abstraction, its practical application exposes profound flaws, especially when it reduces individuals to mere variables in a mathematical equation like our dear Odium does. By prioritizing the needs of the many over the few, utilitarianism risks eroding the intrinsic value of individual lives and experiences.

100% it can lead to decisions that are profoundly inhumane. If the majority benefits from the suffering or sacrifice of a minority, utilitarianism may justify oppression, exploitation, or even atrocities under the guise of moral righteousness. Even between the Humans and Singers This moral arithmetic reduces people/souls to instruments of utility rather than beings of inherent worth. Such reasoning dismisses the rich, irreducible complexities of human dignity, empathy, and justice.

Stormlight and Brandon Sanderson writes a beautiful story about how its not merely cold calculation but by comion and an unwavering respect for every individual. A society that sacrifices the few for the convenience of the many compromises its moral foundation and undermines its humanity. In the end, the value of humanity lies not in our ability to make efficient choices but in our capacity to love, protect, and honor one another even, and especially, when it is inconvenient. Szeths story arc also shines with this.