You shouldn’t expect to be able to compress a human morality down to a simple utility function, any more than you should expect to compress a large computer file down to 10 bits.
I think it is a helpful exercise, in trying to live “The Examined Life”, to attempt to compress a personal morality down to the fewest number of explicitly stated values.
Then, pay special attention to exactly where the “compressed morality” is deficient in describing the actual personal morality.
I find, often but not always, that it is my personal morality that would benefit from modification, to make it more like the “compressed morality”.
I think it is a helpful exercise, in trying to live “The Examined Life”, to attempt to compress a personal morality down to the fewest number of explicitly stated values.
Then, pay special attention to exactly where the “compressed morality” is deficient in describing the actual personal morality.
I find, often but not always, that it is my personal morality that would benefit from modification, to make it more like the “compressed morality”.