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Florida Hospitals
A group of hospital administrators in Florida were discussing the amount of resources used to care for patients that were illegal immigrants and had no medical insurance. One man discussed how his hospital had spent over $2 million on one illegal immigrant who had no family or friends and who was not getting better. Another administrator stated that his hospital was losing $20 million annually in order to provide care for the influx of illegal immigrants into the state. After a great deal of discussion, it was determined that there was probably nothing anyone of them could do about the situation, and that each of them had very definite ideas about how to deal with the problems.
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Refer to Florida Hospitals. In another conversation, one of the administrators said, "I think the decision to care for the illegals should be based on an individual choice. Certainly, I would want to care for a working man who is supporting six children, but I am inclined to think that if the man has no income and shows no desire to provide for himself, then he should not become a burden to the hospital." This thinking is indicative of the _____ ethical theory.
a. act utilitarianism
b. casuist
c. role utilitarianism
d. moral relativism
e. deontological

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