Examples Of Utilitarianism In Health Care

I realized that Utilitarianism is used in everyday life. When introduced to the term utilitarianism, the word utility came to mind which means to maximum benefit and keep harm or negative to a minimal. When it comes to applying the concept of utilitarianism there two that distinguish how the person wanted to handle the situation. Utility act is an idea that provides judgment that maximizes the overall benefit and minimizes harm. When applying utilitarianism act to health care, there is a scenario when a mother who suffered a stroke which damaged medulla oblongata which caused her to be in a coma under life support. The family already knows the mother is brain dead. In order to maximize the positive, the family pulled the plug to end the mother’s suffering. Then there is utilitarianism that tries to avoid judgment. Even though this concept receives the maximal benefit, it does not outweigh the possible harm. The concept of utilitarianism had many scenarios that play out either to compensate for someone’s happiness or to relieve someone. Utilitarianism primarily focuses on the consequences.
This entails people to apply this idea to their lives and follows it the way it should be to a natural extend. One example is in religion, God is the creator of the world, thus, makes God the creator of the natural law. The natural law is to follow the divine laws. One example of a natural law is it is wrong to kill. This principle can be applied in health care. Should a doctor end someone’s sufferings by giving them a lethal injection? In different circumstances lies a different moral law. It is a way of living life the way the creator or the universe made it to