What ethics did your friend the nursing home administrator use in deciding to call you?

You are the elected district attorney. You receive a phone call from a Show more this is an ethic course 445n You are the elected district attorney. You receive a phone call from a nursing home administrator who was a good friend of yours in college. She has a waiting list of 3000 people who will die if they dont get into her nursing home facility within the next 3 weeks and she currently has 400 patients who have asked (or their families have asked on their behalf) for the famous Dr. Jack Kevorkians (fictitious) sister Dr. Jill Kevorkian for assistance in helping them die. The 3000 people on the waiting list want to live. She (the nursing home administrator) wants to know if you would agree to look the other way if she let in Dr. Jill to assist in the suicide of the 400 patients who have requested it thus allowing at least 400 of the 3000 on the waiting list in. How would we use Utilitarianism to solve this dilemma? What ethics did your friend the nursing home administrator use in deciding to call you? What ethics are you using if you just look the other way and let it happen? Show less

y. You receive a phone call from a Show more this is an ethic course 445n You are the elected district attorney. You receive a phone call from a nursing home administrator who was a good friend of yours in college. She has a waiting list of 3000 people who will die if they dont get into her nursing home facility within the next 3 weeks and she currently has 400 patients who have asked (or their families have asked on their behalf) for the famous Dr. Jack Kevorkians (fictitious) sister Dr. Jill Kevorkian for assistance in helping them die. The 3000 people on the waiting list want to live. She (the nursing home administrator) wants to know if you would agree to look the other way if she let in Dr. Jill to assist in the suicide of the 400 patients who have requested it thus allowing at least 400 of the 3000 on the waiting list in. How would we use Utilitarianism to solve this dilemma? What ethics did your friend the nursing home administrator use in deciding to call you? What ethics are you using if you just look the other way and let it happen?