A Kantian however would consider two questions before continuing with a decision, one asking can I rationally will that everyone act as I propose to act? Secondly, does my action respect the goals of human beings rather than merely using them for my own purposes? not sacrifice the two passengers since he believed that murder was absolutely prohibited even in cases where it would bring about more happiness than the alternative (Anscombe). As far as the scenario where the young person’s organs are being redistributed amongst five people, a Utilitarian would have no problem with this situation and would use the cost/benefit analysis to support their answer since it is a one-to-five cost-to-benefit ratio, and the person was involuntarily killed anyway. If the utilitarian factored in the parent’s happiness and wishes versus the five families, they would choose the five families since their happiness would outweigh the
A Kantian however would consider two questions before continuing with a decision, one asking can I rationally will that everyone act as I propose to act? Secondly, does my action respect the goals of human beings rather than merely using them for my own purposes? not sacrifice the two passengers since he believed that murder was absolutely prohibited even in cases where it would bring about more happiness than the alternative (Anscombe). As far as the scenario where the young person’s organs are being redistributed amongst five people, a Utilitarian would have no problem with this situation and would use the cost/benefit analysis to support their answer since it is a one-to-five cost-to-benefit ratio, and the person was involuntarily killed anyway. If the utilitarian factored in the parent’s happiness and wishes versus the five families, they would choose the five families since their happiness would outweigh the