A Cheese Manufacturing Plant Utilizes Portions of Milk in the Cheese-Making

question 8

Essay

A cheese manufacturing plant utilizes portions of milk in the cheese-making process and sends the remainder of the milk into a nearby river.The milk effluence pollutes the river,making it unusable for recreational use by local residents.This effluence has a foul odor,but it does not pose a health hazard.
a. Evaluate the company's actions from a utilitarian perspective.
b. Evaluate the company's actions from a deontological perspective.
c. What are the practical problems in applying consequentialism in this situation?
d. What are the practical problems in applying deontology in this situation?

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Definitions:

Twins

Two offspring born from the same pregnancy, sharing a unique biological and emotional bond.

Heterozygous

A genetic condition in which an individual has two different alleles at a particular gene locus.

Homozygous

A genetic condition where an individual has two identical alleles for a particular gene or trait.

Alleles

Variations of a gene that occur at the same locus on homologous chromosomes, contributing to genetic diversity.