Identify the conflicting obligations and decide whether theaction taken is morally right.
***. An executive of a large company learns that thecompany is violating the state anti pollution law by dumpingchemicals into the lake bordering its plant. The state inspectorsare being bribed to ignore the violation and the executive takes noaction. Is the action taken morally right?
***. A doctor on duty in a hospital emergency room oneHalloween night treats a 15-year-old boy whose eye was injured byan exploding firecracker. He notices the boy is drunk. Because theextent of the injury is not certain, he has the boy admitted to thehospital and notifies his parents. When they arrive, the boy isunder sedation, so his drunken condition escapes their detection.Nevertheless, the doctor informs them that their son had beendrinking. Is the doctor's action morally right?
