Outline of Utilitarianism in Health Care

Outline of Utilitarianism in HealthCare

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism applied to the field of health care, Utilitarianism is basically a very broad topic to be summarized in the principle of "the greatest happiness the greatest number." More specifically, the sole purpose common to all theories is to maximize the utilitarian welfare or aggregate which is typically defined as a sum of welfare (or utility) of an individuals in the considered community. This paper is highlighting the outline in an appropriate manner.

Ethical Principles and Methodologies

The implementation of utilitarian principle implies on any decision that needs to be taken, we establish all consequences associated with different options, which then evaluates these consequences in terms of the usefulness of affected individuals, and finally we choose the option (or options) that corresponds to the aggregate welfare as high as possible. The utilitarian approach therefore, support equal access to health care, access a universal system with a minimum package or a pure market system based the expected impact on the overall well-being of society. Thus, presented, the principle does not choose the fairest system (Fremgen, 2012). This uncertainty stems is directly from the fact that offers the utilitarianism, no criterion of equitable distribution as such the system must be evaluated by its consequences in terms of usefulness. Issue is primarily empirical. The choice depends, among the social context other than health policy (Kuschner, et.al, 2007).

Principles and Procedural Methodologies to Resolve Ethical Problems

All people who are hurt or may benefit from this action must be considered in order to have an accurate assessment of the final outcome. Also, from a moral standpoint, many people believe that any action is okay as long the benefits outweigh the cost but that is not true. The whole point behind utilitarianism is to find the one action that will maximize or produces the greatest net benefit when all things have been considered; there is only one right action (Loewy et.al, 2002). That will be the one that produces the greatest benefit. In this case when it comes to the scoutmaster and his scouts, is it better to save one life and lose a dozen or to sacrifice one life in order to save a dozen lives? Utilitarianism is a consequence based ethical theory. Some activist may argue that utilitarianism is a theory in which mobile is based solely on happiness or pleasure and consequentialism is an ethical theory that determines what is right and what is wrong rather than what the outcome of a specific action has produced. Justify your decision using duty oriented reasoning. Duty oriented reasoning is self-explanatory. Decisions are based off the duty and obligations of a paramedic. It is the duty of a paramedic to maximize the amount of lives that can be saved in any given situation. It is also the duty of a paramedic to cause no harm to a patient. This is a special case because we will have to take the life of one in order to save many others but ...