Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism Utilitarianism: An Argumentative Essay Against Utilitarianistic Views An apparent 19 year old male is brought to the emergency room by ambulance experiencing respiratory failure related to the patient’s AIDS virus. The patient is accompanied by his girlfriend who states that the patient has a do not resuscitate (DNR) order. As the emergency room physician tries to contact the patient’s primary care physician he finds that the patient is under the care of a pediatrician and becomes suspicious about the DNR order. The doctor then confronts the girlfriend about the age of the patient because he is unable to communicate due to his respiratory condition. The girlfriend gives in and admits that the actual age of the patient is 17. The doctor immediately intubates the patient in an effort to stabilize his respiratory condition. After the patient is stabilized he informs the doctor that he does not want to be intubated again or placed on a respirator. After the patient’s mother arrives the physician explains the preceding happenings including the DNR order given by the patient. The mother reluctantly goes along with her son’s wishes and signs the documentation implementing the DNR order. The patient soon confronts utilitarianism, utilitarian,patient, good, physician, action, pleasure, mother, greatest, happiness, dnr, consequences, situation, respiratory, order, decision, treatment, philosophy, patient’s, pain, girlfriend, doctor, takes, son, possible, make, look, life, involved, die, decisions, condition, arrest, amount, aids