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Running Head: CASE OF THE SOLE REMAINING SUPPLIER
Trident University International
Business Ethics 501
Module 2 – Case Assignment
Anita T. Moore
7 November 2011
Professor: Dr. Bonnie L. Adams
Practical Reasoning
What is right or wrong? In Utilitarianism, actions are right in proportion as it tend to
promote happiness, wrong as it tend to produce unhappiness. Utilitarianism allows for degrees
of right and wrong and for every situation the choice between actions is clear cut by always
choosing the greatest utility. As most clearly stated by Mill, a British philosopher, the basic
principle of utilitarianism is actions are right to the degree that they tend to promote the greatest
good for the greatest number. Pacemakers are among the most clinically important and
technically complex medical devices in use today, but several recent high-profile devices
malfunctions have called into question their safety and reliability.
Utility Test Introduction
The first part of this test is to introduce the test by asking “Are we maximizing good and
minimizing harm for all those affected?” The normal, healthy heart has its own pacemaker that
regulates the rate that the heart beats. However, some hearts don't beat regularly. Often a
pacemaker can correct the problem. Pacemakers may be necessary when abnormal heart
rhythms are diagnosed. Pacemakers are used to treat the following conditions: bradyarrythmias,
syncope, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, bundle branch blocks, and
cardiac dysrythmias. The “good” of the pacemaker is to save lives. Pacemakers are devices that
have saved many lives. But, like any other complex device, they can and do malfunction. The
“bad” of the pacemaker are procedure risks in regards to infection and making lifestyle
adjustments to prevent mishaps that are controllable by the...