What ethical principle is she assuming

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Dr. Roberta Cupid is a heart surgeon who has discovered a cure that will eliminate all heart diseases (heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure, etc.) forever. The only problem is that to finalize the cure, she must take some tissue and fluids from a living heart; taking the tissue and fluids will kill the person they are taken from. She finds the ideal donor; one who has terminal cancer. Under the guise of operating on his heart to repair a leaky valve, she takes the tissue and fluids and explains the patient's death by saying there were unexpected complications. She completes the cure and the whole world praises her discovery. Dr. Cupid assumes that the loss of one life is justified by the benefit the cure will bring to millions. What ethical principle is she assuming?

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