Ethical Egoism: The Case Of The Pacemaker

The largest issue in the case of the pacemaker is whether it is right or wrong to make, of course, but in order to find our moral correctness compass we must define what Utilitarianism is and from whose standpoint we are looking at this issue. John Stuart Mill, who studied under Jeremy Bentham (the father of Utilitarianism), defined Utilitarianism as “actions are right to the degree that they tend to promote the greatest good for the greatest number (Kay 1997, p.7).” Racking and stacking the positives and negatives of this case would take much more than a five page paper. For the sake of time I will be covering specific parts of Utilitarianism and how the case at hand is looked at with them. We will be seeing how Ethical Egoism and Universal
There are obviously more disadvantages to continuing to produce their product than there is in discontinuing for the board member as individuals. The egoism brings up thoughts of one’s self and no one else. Thomas Hobbes thought of ethical egoism as if he were the subject; “I am most concerned what is best for me.” “The point worth emphasizing here is that, in ethical egoism, the individual need make no effort to give any considerations to what might be best for others, or what might be best for society” (Ethical Egoism, 2011). Which takes me to my next point that this issue brings up Universal Ethical
Option two, in the short term, would cause stress over money, death, corrective actions. These negative situations would be isolated and seen only as minor setbacks if compared to the larger struggles of this life saving technology. In the long term, option two would save many more lives by producing a more reliable product while also only creating more jobs for employees and it would reward the patient investors with an enormous return.
We’ve gone over a couple of ethical issues that this situation brings up, which are psychological egoism and universal egoism. We’ve put our situation through the Utility Test. We’ve also looked at one of the great minds of Utilitarianism, John Bentham would think about whether to make pacemakers or not. Now it is time for me to come up with my solution. Analyzing the possible action and the possible outcomes, and this is from a Utilitarian standpoint, continuing to produce more pacemakers with regulations is the most ethical decision that can be made from this