Utilitarianism is where you do what’s best for the group as a whole. Meaning you look at the action or behavior, think about the consequences, and choose what brings the largest amount of happiness to the majority of people involved. Happiness being defined as more pleasure and less pain in this particular perspective. In the case at hand, the most pleasure would come from removing Ms. Munoz from life support. It’s hard to see why that would be the answer but look at it this way: She herself is dead, so her family is suffering by being dragged through a prolonged death, and her unborn child is suffering because of the health issues he is undergoing because of her blood clot and brain death. You also have to look at other factors effecting everyone involved with utilitarianism, like expenses on the family, hospital, and lawyers being pulled into this mess. Rachels supports euthanasia in any for as long as the intentions are to alleviate pain, because the only thing that matters are the person’s intentions, not their actions.
Utilitarianism is where you do what’s best for the group as a whole. Meaning you look at the action or behavior, think about the consequences, and choose what brings the largest amount of happiness to the majority of people involved. Happiness being defined as more pleasure and less pain in this particular perspective. In the case at hand, the most pleasure would come from removing Ms. Munoz from life support. It’s hard to see why that would be the answer but look at it this way: She herself is dead, so her family is suffering by being dragged through a prolonged death, and her unborn child is suffering because of the health issues he is undergoing because of her blood clot and brain death. You also have to look at other factors effecting everyone involved with utilitarianism, like expenses on the family, hospital, and lawyers being pulled into this mess. Rachels supports euthanasia in any for as long as the intentions are to alleviate pain, because the only thing that matters are the person’s intentions, not their actions.