The school board has received a bomb threat claiming that a bomb will be detonat

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The school board has received a bomb threat claiming that a bomb will be detonated at noon on Monday at the high school. The threat was received by the school board at 8 p.m. on Sunday night. The school board met and tried to decide how to handle the threat, keeping in mind the obligations to students, parents, and the public. The school board came up with three alternative solutions:

1. Do nothing, because a majority of the time, bomb threats to schools are a hoax.
2. Call off school at the high school on Monday. Have an announcement made on the 10 p.m. Sunday news explaining that a water main is broken. (Some members of the board feel that an announcement of the breaking water main will prevent copycat threats.)
3. Call off school at the high school on Monday. Have an announcement made on the 10 p.m. Sunday news explaining that a bomb threat had been received.

Discuss which ethical theory supports each alternative. Which would you choose, and why?

Explanation / Answer

The most correct ethical alternative which should be chosen here is the alternative third which says “Call off school at the high school on Monday. Have an announcement made on the 10 p.m. Sunday news explaining that a bomb threat had been received.” Because informing about the bomb threat correctly is must as it concerns the life security of the people in and around the school. The school should declare a holiday on Monday and must announce it on the Sunday night news so that everyone is informed with the unexpected accident, school must call the bomb detection squad and must elect a panel that how the security was weak so that bomb was implanted in the school, each and every action must be taken with immediate effect so that every individual must be protected against this misshapen.

The ethical theories which are related to each alternative are as follows in respective order –

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