Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism and Deontology

Running Head : Utilitarianism and Deontology

Utilitarianism and Deontology

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Utilitarianism and Deontology

Kambua Medical Consultants Ltd , a firm which offers medical consultations is the Company of focus . The doctors in this firm are faced with several ethical issues which will be judged whether they are morally right or wrong based on the two theories . In a typical business environment , all services offered must be paid for . In this respect therefore , all patients who come to the clinic must pay the consultation consultation and treatment

fees . A time may come when a patient who is seriously sick comes yet he or she does not have the money . Should the doctor treat this patient or insist on payments first

The concept of utilitarianism , as put forward the British philosopher John Stuart Mill , with contributions of Jeremy bentham , is derived from the basic tenets of consequencialism . Utilitarianism , also called utilism is a theory that defines morality exclusively by its utility in giving maximum happiness or pleasure to all the parties who are victims of circumstance in the occurrence of an action . As a matter of fact , the moral worth of an action is dogged by its outcome . The proponents of this theory best describe it as that in which there is the greatest good for the greatest number of people . This is viewed by philosophers in terms of pleasure /happiness or pain . In this regard therefore , an action is taken to be morally right only if is produces the highest...