“Utilitarianism can be seen as favoring a short term goal over a long term goal.” Using your reading in this course so far and other research, discuss the ethical ramifications of this statement.

Problems in theories

Option A:

“Utilitarianism can be seen as favoring a short term goal over a long term goal.”

Discussion:

Using your reading in this course so far and other research, discuss the ethical ramifications of this statement.

Option B:

“Moral obligations are relative. The closer one is to me, the greater the obligation that I have. I have less obligation to the person in the next continent than I have to the person in the (house/apartment/condo) next to mine.”

Discussion:

Using your reading in this course so far and other research, discuss the ethical ramifications of this statement.

Use 2 references each for A&B