Eddie manages a company called BabyCo, Inc. that manufactures and markets baby products. He recently became aware of an herb that significantly reduces colic (uncontrollable crying) in young infants. Eddie is excited about the prospect of marketing the herb and about the prospect of earning a large bonus. His only concern stems from information received from a company in India, where the herb has been marketed for the past five years. There have been 10 cases (out of 100,000 babies given the herb) in India where babies have died suddenly after ingesting the herb. There has been no conclusive study that proves the herb caused the babies' deaths, however, it is suspected that the herb was responsible. Using these hypothetical facts, what will Eddie do if he follows the ethical egoism theory? He will market the drug because earing the large bonus is in his self-interest He will not market the drug because he knows he should "do no harm" O He will not market the drug because he will make the most fair and equitable decision, acting behind a veil of ignorance, and thus not knowing if he will be a prince or a pauper in this situation He will market the drug because in this time and place, it is better to help babies with colic than not help them Eddie manages a company called BabyCo, Inc. that manufactures and markets baby products. He recently became aware of an herb that significantly reduces colic (uncontrollable crying) in young infants. Eddie is excited about the prospect of marketing the herb and about the prospect of earning a large bonus. His only concern stems from information received from a company in India, where the herb has been marketed for the past five years. There have been 10 cases (out of 100,000 babies given the herb) In India where babies have died suddenly after ingesting the herb. There has been no conclusive study that proves the herb caused the babies' deaths, however, it is suspected that the herb was responsible. Using these hypothetical facts, what will Eddie do if he follows the categorical imperative theory? He will market the drug because he will think about his own self-interest--earning the large bonus--but will also consider the well-being of others-parents having help with their colicky babies and his company turning a profitand will thus market the drug O He will not market the drug because he will consider the consequences of setting a universal rule such as companies only considering their own profits and not the lives that could be harmed, and see that marketing the drug is not the ethical action He will not market the drug because he will do a cost benefit analysis and see that the cost of potential loss of life is not worth the benefit of helping a baby stop crying and so not marketing the drug results in the greatest good (saving a life) for the greatest number (all parents and babies) He will not market the drug because everyone has basic rights and while the government is meant to protect those rights, it is unethical to violate those rights, such as the a right to informed consent, whether or not the government is protecting those rights
