09-26-2008, 10:02 AM
You are a medical director of a nursing home from which a number of patients were recently transferred to the hospital with complications of influenza. In deciding whether to order prophylactic treatment for all other residents in the nursing home, you rely primarily on predicting the likely benefit of prophylaxis in all patients, balanced with the potential adverse effects that your treatment may cause. This approach to decision making best illustrates which of the following ethical theories?
A. Kantian theory
B. Utilitarian theory
C. Deontological theory
D. Theory of prima facia duties
A. Kantian theory
B. Utilitarian theory
C. Deontological theory
D. Theory of prima facia duties