MAS-3 MAS70 – B2
Case Study No. 2: Working for Eli Lily and Company
Analyze and discuss the case using: A. Utilitarianism SOCIETAL BENEFITS | SOCIETAL COSTS | * Less crime in the streets * Can cure disease * Job offer * Offered shelter * Number of alcoholic people will decrease * Number of homeless people decrease. * Increase of motel customers * New medicine * Cleanliness in the streets * Less annoyance in the streets * Increased succession rate of drug researching * Can help find missing persons * Safer in the streets * More secure | * Increase of death toll * Faster productivity of drug research * New medicine or drugs * More will be injured * …show more content…
B. Rights
Homeless Alcoholic * The right to choose * The right to live * The right to work * The right to be safe * The right to have fun
C. Kant’s Categorical Imperatives * Categorical Imperative 1: Morally wrong, because not all people are aware or have agreed to be a human research or test subject. Though many homeless alcoholic chose to be one, there are still some who chose to be not. * Categorical Imperative 2: Morally wrong, simply because the homeless alcoholics are used as guinea pigs or tools for the success of the research.
D. Justice and Fairness
Distributive Justice
Benefits
* The benefit is that eli lily will not pay almost $250/day for the test subjects. * Eli Lily won’t have problems with getting test subject to volunteer. * Provides the test subjects easy money
Burden
* The burden Is for the test subjects that has felt the side effects of the drugs * Eli lily’s reputation has been stained
E. Virtue of