Ethics Case Study: Illegal Immigrant

The central ethical issue that is present in this case is whether or not the college student should call the cops and report that an accident has happened.The reason being is because the woman who hit the students car happens to be an illegal immigrant from Mexico who is sending money back to her kids to take care of them until she gets a work visa, and she does not have any insurance and she could possibly get deported because of this. The main problem that the decision-maker must resolve is whether or not he can let this woman go knowing that his car is damaged and that she does not have any insurance to fix it, or should he call the cops and insurance to report the car accident if so she could possibly be deported and would have to …show more content…
With this ethical theory the best outcome is what is best for both peole but it is the best outcome following the rules and the rules would be the laws of the land. Because the situation involves two people you cannot make the decision based off of natural law or other non-consequential theories when something affects someone else in an adverse way you have to look objectively at the situation and see that the illegal immigrant is wrong because the first issue is that she came to America illegally. The second issue is she does not have car insurance and although the scenario did not tell us if she had a drivers license I think it 's safe to assume she didn 't have a drivers license either.She 's also the one who hit the college student with her car. On the other hand you have a young college student who is struggling financially to make it by working and going to school. The college student did not choose to break the law knowingly so because of that the illegal immigrant is in the wrong. This is the best solution because it holds every single person in this scenario accountable for their actions and because the actions of the illegal immigrant have affected the college student more in an adverse way then she would be to blame for the accident meaning he should report the accident to his insurance company and call the police and make a police report, even if her current situation will be put at risk reporting the accident would be morally and ethically right thing to do for both