![]() “Richness” is similar as it raises the question of will it produce more happiness in the future, in this case it will as the family can be reassured that their child will not be disgnosed with breast cancer in the future and wont pass it on to future generations. So although it will produce some happiness in the future it is not 100%. By erasing the cancerous gene it will produce happiness in the future but only to an extent, as the newborn child may still develop deadly or harmfull conditions/diseases in the future. The happiness in this case will be almost immediently as soon as the baby is “Purity” is another factor which considers wether an action will produce any un-happiness in the future. The second step regards the “Remotenes”, and asks how soon will the happiness occur. ![]() In this specific case, the happines will be long term and life long as the baby does not have the cancer gene and therfore will not develop the disease herself or pass it on through future generations. The first step is questioning the “Duration” of the happpiness, which asks weather the happiness will last long term or short term. Applying the Hedonic Calculus would be useful in this ethical issue of weather to genetically screen the embryos to eliminate the cancerous gene. The remaining two were implanted in the womb, one of which led to pregnancy and the birth of this familys daughter. Three others were discarded for other abnormalities. Six of these were found to contain the cancer gene, and were discarded. The baby was created when doctors at University College Hospital used IVF techniques to harvest 11 embryos. The child was born over the Christmas period to her London-based parents, who have asked not to be identified. The family of the baby all suffered from the disease, passed down through the generations, Any daughter born with the gene has a 50 per cent to 85 per cent chance of developing breast cancer. Her parents were said to be ‘delighted’ at the birth of their first child, which they hope will break the chain of cancer misery that has haunted the family. Once it became known that this child would inherit the cancer gene the baby was genertically screened. For arguments sake, I used the issue of “Britain’s first cancer-free designer baby born after being screened for deadly gene”. For example, if an ethical issue was taken into account the Hedonic Calculus would somewhat help in obtaining an answer or action to be done. Bentham devised a “Hedonic Calculus” which considered all these areas when attempting to decide whether an action was ‘good’ or ‘bad’. He took many things into account such as the end results of the action (“Telological”), the results of the action (“Consequentalists”), and He also argued that the “Hedonistic” value of any human action is easily calculated by considering how intensely its pleasure is felt, how long that pleasure lasts, how certainly and how quickly it follows upon the performance of the action, and how likely it is to produce happiness. Jeremy Bentham put forward the idea of Utilitarianism and the “Principle of Utility”, this is the rule where a decision regarding wether an action is good or bad is based upon the results they produce. ![]() Utilitarianism is a non religious ethic, and is based on the greatest good for the greatest number and takes into account the greatest happiness principle. “EXPLAIN HOW UTILITARIANISM MIGHT USE THE HEDONIC CALCULUS IN MAKING MORAL DECISIONS” REFERENCE TO AN ETHICAL ISSUE.
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