Which of the following is a FALSE statement? A Utilitarian analysis could morally support the closing of
Question:
Which of the following is a FALSE statement?
A Utilitarian analysis could morally support the closing of a plant in the U.S. and the outsourcing of the jobs to India if the good consequences resulting from the closure and outsourcing outweighed the harms to the U.S. employees and local community.
Kant would not be concerned with a company doing anything for downsized, displaced, and dislocated U.S. workers as a result of a plant closure and downsizing and outsourcing of their jobs overseas since everyone knows that "things are tough" in a global economy.
Pollution not only has a legal dimension but also a moral one due to the effects of pollution on the environment, human beings, and other sentient creatures.
A Utilitarian would be likely to approve the pollution credit plan because a greater good of less pollution for society is achieved; whereas a Kantian would be likely to disapprove it because some local communities are suffering "legal" pollution.