In today’s digital age, it is very easy to pirate video games, shows, music, books, etc. The easiness of illegally downloading content causes many opinions to form on how moral pirating is or is not. Among these discussions, whether digital pirating is moral or not, it still remains rampant despite all the legalities and moral issues. To answer whether downloading content illegally is moral or not, utilitarianism and ethical rationalism will be used. From a utilitarian perspective, the benefits are increased access to entertainment (in the case of video games) and potential free publicity…