Jesus was a utilitarian

The basic principle behind utilitarianism is utility, or the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Basically, to be moral, one should do whatever benefits the greatest number of people, or I suppose whatever does the least harm as well. Even if it means sacrificing one really sick person who stands a very slim chance of survival in order that 5 people can benefit from the organs that are donated. But that's not what this is about. My point is, Jesus died willingly to save the entire world from sin. Therefore, by doing harm only to himself (and doing it willingly) he did the greatest good that was possible, and in fact the greatest good that has ever been done. Therefore, Jesus was a utilitarian.

I know people are going to comment on this blog and say that he wasn't in other ways, his life wasn't lived by the utilitarian morality, but that also is not the point of my blog. The point is, in this one decision, Jesus chose to be a utilitarian and sacrifice himself so that the greatest good could come about for the greatest number of people.