You are a nurse on a floor with only elderly patients. Every day, each patient tells...

You are a nurse on a floor with only elderly patients. Every day, each patient tells you about how much pain they are in and asks to help them. They want you to inject them with something to end their lives. If the patients die, the beds on that floor would be freed up for other patients. The hospital is at 100 percent capacity. There is no other hospital for 30 miles. Other patients may be not receiving care due to a lack of free beds. What is the moral things to do here? Why is that the moral thing to do ? What would an itilitarian say is the moral thing to do? Why would they say that? Compare amd contrast the itilitarian approach with that of an ethical egoist or social contact theorist.

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Moral thing to do here from the eyes of a nurse:- It would be immoral to listen to the patient.

Why? :- Because, as a nurse it is our duty to save the life of a patient, not to kill them or allow them to die. Rather, we may arrange another place within the 30 miles to serve as a hospital at least for some times.

An Utilitarian/Itilitarian will definitely want the elderly to die.

Why? :- Because they believe to think of the majority. Here majority of the people within this 30 miles are getting deprived of service.

Comparison between the two has already being discussed above while answering the question "why? ".An ethical egoist or a social contract theorist will always look for better opportunities rather than approaching some unethical shortcuts. Because ethical egoism deals with self interests and value them whereas utilitarianism deals with benifit of majority.

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