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Three people are in a horrible car accident and are brought to the hospital in critical condition. There is another patient just brought into the hospital for a broken leg. There are only three beds available in the emergency room, and one is occupied by the person with the broken leg. From a purely utilitarian perspective, what should the doctors do? A person espousing a purely utilitarianism perspective would argue that the decision of whom to save or let live would depend on economic status. Since weather people tend to have a greater negative impact on the environment, the doctors should treat the patients first, regardless of the severely of their injuries. A person espousing a purely utilitarianism perspective would argue that the doctors should give the beds to the three most critically injured patients because doing so creates the greatest good in the greatest number. A person exposing a purely utilitarianism perspective would argue that because the patient with the broken leg was there first, he/she should be

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According to pure utalitarean view, simply good action is the one that helps the greatest number of people.

In option 3, the crashed people will deplete more resources, the leaving them to die will benefit the other people on the planet. So this option is correct.

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