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Step 1: Identify the alternative actions that are possible and the persons and groups (the stakeholders) who will be affected by these actions.
Step 2: For each of the most promising alternatives, determine the benefits and costs to each person or group affected.
Step 3: Select the action in the current situation that produces the greatest benefits over costs for all affected.
Step 4: Discuss what would happen if the action were a policy for all similar situations.
Utility ethics are often referred to as consequentialist ethics, because it is the outcomeor theconsequencesof an action or behavior that is important. Read the section on Consequentialism and the section entitled Utilitarianism at this link:http://www.sevenoaksphilosophy.org/ethics/consequentialism.html
Then read the following discussion of Utility Ethics:
For purposes of the Case Assignment, we will focus on the Utility Test:
Hamilton, B. (2012, June 7). Utility test. Ethics Ops. Retrieved fromhttp://ethicsops.com/UtilityTest.php
The Utility Test may be best understood with a review of the following examplesalso from Ethics Ops. Be sure that you review both examples thoroughly, as we will be using the Utility Test in the Case assignment:
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