Utilitarians remember, need endless processing power; they need formulas, tables, and all the predictive powers all the world’s algorithms can muster because, after all, they must compute how all of us should act. Is the management consulting industry quivering yet? 

But what if all the subjects' pre-existing relationships trip up the analysis? And snags those relationships are. What if they have a child with a neo-natal condition that needs urgently needs surgery, but the child only has a 5% chance of surviving? But then, strewn across the corridor to the ER, there are 30 people with first-degree burns from an electrical fire, all with a 99% chance of surviving. And they are all writhing in excruciating pain. What if they all need the same doctors and hospital staff and space and equipment? What if you have to choose?