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Assignment:

Answer in 300 to 400 words

1) Based on the sentence below answer the following questions

There are limited extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machines that must be distributed among five patients in need. There is also one patient currently on an ECMO machine who isn't benefiting from treatment.

A. In general, in a sentence or two, explain what a utilitarian would aim for when deciding how to distribute this limited resource?

B. What factors do Savulescu et al. argue should be considered from a utilitarian point of view?

C. Given this, how do you think that a utilitarian would opt to distribute the machines? There are a number of defensible possibilities, but the key is to give reasons for your answer that draw on Savulescu et al.'s utilitarian ideas. Be clear and specific in your assessment with regards to all the people listed on the slide as discussed in class.

D. What are one to two moral objections to the utilitarian method for distributing this medical resource?

E. In light of all of this, do you think that this proposed utilitarian distribution is morally defensible? Are there morally relevant factors that aren't captured from a utilitarian point of view?

for each question, Please write the alphabet first then the answer next to it

2) We looked at some features of utilitarianism that could be considered both an advantage of the theory, but at the same time, could be seen as a drawback of the theory. What is one such feature? Explain how it could be both an advantage, but seen in a different light, also a potential problem for the theory.

Please keep the grammar simple. Must be in ur own words.