Utilitarian Approach to the Issue Essay

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To the terrorist in the act his or her life has no value. From their stand point the plane had to crash in a populated place causing maximum damage and consequently chaos. The passengers of the plane have a right to travel safe and be considered in an action that would take their lives and if an alternate was available to destroy the terrorists but save their lives that would be the best alternative. However such an alternative is ruled out in this case. The second is to shoot down the plane, thus killing the passengers, terrorists and seeing to it that the plane crashed with minimal damage to the city below. In other words protect the key installations that the terrorists tried to destroy with the act.

The questions then are threefold: 1. Does taking actions like shooting down planes that deviate from flight plans make it possible to protect the vital installations and cities on ground and is the shooting down of such planes justified? 2. Will such a policy deter the terrorist from using the same methods in future and what are the probabilities? 3. Is the shooting down of a plane killing all aboard justified over the probable loss that may occur if it crashed where it was determined by the hijacker?

The first question is from the utilitarian concept of 'greater good' agreeable.

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Shooting down of the plane in a sparsely populated or not populated area, even though it is a great tragedy of the crew and the passengers, saving the cities on the ground are beneficial. But again the chance of such a location is remote because the terrorists are aware of.....

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