SOCIAL ETHICS 4
SocialEthics
CaseStudy 2 Asa utilitarian, I would redirect the unstoppable trolley towards theinnocent person. Guided by the utilitarian rule of providing thegreatest good to the greatest number of people, killing the innocentperson only takes away one life. In contrast, directing it towardsthe workers will cost five lives. Consequently, the death of oneperson will save five individuals therefore, it has the greatestadvantage (Calculating Consequences, 2014).Asa deontologist, it is my moral duty to follow the rules irrespectiveof the outcome. Consequently, I will maintain the trolley on itsright path despite that it will kill five people. Redirecting thetrolley towards the innocent person would be breaking the stipulatedconduct of operation. According to the deontologist approach, killingthe innocent person is morally unacceptable, as it will involvedeviating from the set regulations (Velasquez et al., 2015).Inaccordance to virtue ethics, killing five people causes more harmcompared to killing one individual. As such, I would redirect thetrolley towards the innocent person instead of the five workers(Velasquez et al., 2015).Case Study 3Inutilitarian principles, it is morally right to kill the tramp andobtain the transplant organs required by the five patients. Besides,in the approach, it only costs one life to save five lives and theintention is achieving the maximum benefit (Calculating consequences,2014).Accordingto the deontological approach, I would not kill the tramp to save theneedy patients. Killing the beggar is a violation of my moral duty asa physician to protect the life of all patients (Velasquez et al.,2015).Accordingto the virtue ethicist approach, fulfilling the needs of fivepatients by killing one tramp is an act that requires emotionalstrength. In terms of dependency, the needy patients may be thebreadwinners for their families unlike the beggar who has no family.I, therefore, would kill the tramp and transplant the organs to theneedy patients (Velasquez et al., 2015).ReferencesCalculating consequences: Theutilitarian approach to ethics, (2014, August 1). MarkullaCentre for applied Ethics.Retrieved fromhttps://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/calculating-consequences-the-utilitarian-approach/Velasquez, M., Andre, C., Shanks,T., & Meyer, M., (2015). Thinking ethically. MarkullaCentre for Applied Ethics. Retrieved fromhttps://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/thinking-ethically/