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Three illegal immigrants with no health insurance or money sustained life-threatening injuries during an automobile accident. Two of these individuals had head trauma and lacerated internal organs. The decision was made to provide extended care in the trauma center after emergency surgery was performed to save their lives. The third individual received only minor injuries, which were treated in the emergency department. The care of the two critical clients was based on the ethical principle of:
a. utilitarianism.
b. deontology.
c. autonomy.
d. veracity.

Sagot :

Answer:

b. deontology.

Explanation:  

The ethical principle of deontology states that a person should act on what is right according to the rules. This way, a person is doing what is ethically correct. We can do the right thing due to our rational capacity, which allows us to create a set of obligations and principles. In this case, even though the patients were illegal immigrants with no money or health insurance, the right thing to do is to help them since it is what is socially agreed to do when someone is in a bad situation.

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