You are the last hope for a distant relative who urgently needs a bone-marrow do

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You are the last hope for a distant relative who urgently needs a bone-marrow donation. The relative has sought out every other available way to get a bone-marrow donation, but no other option exists. You are the only known compatible person who is a match for a bone-marrow donation. Without your donation, the relative will die within the month. You have met the relative at a couple of family reunions, but are not close to the person. The relative seems nice enough, and is roughly the same age as you. There is a 20% chance you won't survive the operation, but an 80% chance you will survive the operation. The odds for your relative's survival of the operation are unclear, but without the donation, there is a 100% chance the relative will die within 30 days.

do you use utilitarianism, aristoles virtue, or kants deontologism

Explanation / Answer

I would use Utilitarian ethics which suggests that an action should maximize the utility or benefit to more people and reduce harm to anyone. I would donate bone marrow to my relative. Although there is no guarantee that he will survive, we both would be happy and if we both survive all who are related to us will be happy.

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