Utilitarian Ethics

Description

Answer each question as thoroughly as possible and provide examples to illustrate each point. Include word count.

Questions

(1) Please explain the basic principles of utilitarian ethics. How would a utilitarian moral philosopher like John Stuart Mill respond to the Trolley Problem? (350-500 words)

(2) Compare and contrast the utilitarian ethics of Mill with the deontological ethics of Kant. How are they similar? What are their main differences? How are these differences reflected in their differing responses to the Trolley Problem? (350-500 words)

(3) Situation: you are a doctor in a leading research hospital. As a result of coronavirus, the hospital becomes overloaded with patients and there is a shortage of beds and respirators. Because of this, there are more patients in the emergency room than medical equipment to respond to the situation. There are a 1000 respirators and 1500 beds, but 2000 patients who are in need of immediate treatment. As the doctor, you are in a difficult ethical situation. You must decide what to do. Is it ethical to allow some patients to die in order to save a larger number of them? Or should you do your hippocratic duty and try to save them all? If you cannot save all of them and some must die, is this morally justified? Please use the writings of Mill and Kant to answer this question. (350-500 words)

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