Heinz Theroy
In Heinz’s dilemma in which a man’s wife is suffering from cancer but unfortunately, he cannot afford to pay for the medication that would probably save her life, so he considers stealing the over-priced medication. The action portrayed by Kantianism based on the Categorial Imperative, and the second Categorial Imperative would be not to steal the medication. Approaching the same dilemma using Utilitarianism, the action dictated would be to steal the medication based on the principal of utility, Act-utilitarianism, and satisfice. However the more compelling normative theory to apply in this case is utilitarianism based on satisfice. The Categorial Imperitive from Kantianism says, "Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end” (Popkin and Stroll). In other words, always put yourself within the position of everyone else around you. His action of stealing the medication would only be morally right if it was possible to will its maxim to be universal. In the given situation, to will the maxim of stealing would create conflict, thus making it not permissible to become “a general rule” (Popkin and Stro
Miller, John. Act/Rule Utilitarianism.
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