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I am answering the first version of this question.

Nothing is inherently wrong under a utilitarian framework. Utilitarian judgments are contingent judgments.

You have omitted in the utilitarian calculus the negative experience of the person who is disposed to prefer exclusive partnerships nonetheless being in a non-exclusive relationship. This will not be a good time for them.

But if you are proposing simply changing one's disposition, you also omit the alternative of just eliminating infidelity within exclusive relationships.

I will not continue to edit in response to a changing question, but one of the new questions you ask is "why is exclusivity so highly valued in the first place?" That is a question about psychology, sociology, biology, and evolution.

I am answering the first version of this question.

Nothing is inherently wrong under a utilitarian framework. Utilitarian judgments are contingent judgments.

You have omitted in the utilitarian calculus the negative experience of the person who is disposed to prefer exclusive partnerships nonetheless being in a non-exclusive relationship. This will not be a good time for them.

But if you are proposing simply changing one's disposition, you also omit the alternative of just eliminating infidelity within exclusive relationships.

You also ask "why is exclusivity so highly valued in the first place?" That is a question about psychology, sociology, biology, and evolution.

I am answering the first version of this question.

Nothing is inherently wrong under a utilitarian framework. Utilitarian judgments are contingent judgments.

You have omitted in the utilitarian calculus the negative experience of the person who is disposed to prefer exclusive partnerships nonetheless being in a non-exclusive relationship. This will not be a good time for them.

But if you are proposing simply changing one's disposition, you also omit the alternative of just eliminating infidelity within exclusive relationships.

I will not continue to edit in response to a changing question, but one of the new questions you ask is "why is exclusivity so highly valued in the first place?" This is a question about psychology, sociology, biology, and evolution.

I am answering the first version of this question.

Nothing is inherently wrong under a utilitarian framework. Utilitarian judgments are contingent judgments.

You have omitted in the utilitarian calculus the negative experience of the person who is disposed to prefer exclusive partnerships nonetheless being in a non-exclusive relationship. This will not be a good time for them.

But if you are proposing simply changing one's disposition, you also omit the alternative of just eliminating infidelity within exclusive relationships.

I will not continue to edit in response to a changing question, but one of the new questions you ask is "why is exclusivity so highly valued in the first place?" That is a question about psychology, sociology, biology, and evolution.

You have omitted in the utilitarian calculus the negative experience of the person who is disposed to prefer exclusive partnerships nonetheless being in a non-exclusive relationship. This will not be a good time for them.

But if you are proposing simply changing one's disposition, you also omit the alternative of just eliminating infidelity within exclusive relationships.

I am answering the first version of this question.

Nothing is inherently wrong under a utilitarian framework. Utilitarian judgments are contingent judgments.

You have omitted in the utilitarian calculus the negative experience of the person who is disposed to prefer exclusive partnerships nonetheless being in a non-exclusive relationship. This will not be a good time for them.

But if you are proposing simply changing one's disposition, you also omit the alternative of just eliminating infidelity within exclusive relationships.

I will not continue to edit in response to a changing question, but one of the new questions you ask is "why is exclusivity so highly valued in the first place?" This is a question about psychology, sociology, biology, and evolution.