Utilitarianism
Watch this Khan Academy video on utilitarianism:
Includes a medical case wherein if a doctor has only five doses of a vaccine, and six patients who are sick, one of whom needs all five doses of vaccine, the other five who need just one dose of vaccine, utilitarianism would tell you, all else being equal, to save the five and let the one die.
Playing God
Listen to this Radiolab podcast on how to choose who to save in settings of humanitarian and natural crises (incorporating stories from Macedonia, Maryland, and Hurricane Katrina):
Treating the Greater Good
Read this article on the case of two right (or wrong) answers:
https://www.thehastingscenter.org/doctors-dilemma-case-two-right-answers/
The dilemma involves whether to cure a patient of a cancer that would use up half of a clinic’s budget, versus leaving the one patient untreated with the goal of treating the greater good.
References:
Khan Academy. (C 2015). Ethics, Utilitarianism, Part 1. Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/wi-phi/wiphi-value-theory/wiphi-ethics/v/utilitarianism-part-1
WNYC Studios. (2016, August 21). Playing God. Retrieved from https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/playing-god
Karan, Abraar. (2017, March 15). A Doctor’s Dilemma: A Case of Two “Right” Answers. Retrieved from https://www.thehastingscenter.org/doctors-dilemma-case-two-right-answers/