Mr. Jimenez is a 78 year-old Chronic Pulmonary disease patient who has smoked 2packs a day for forty years. He takes great employment and satisfaction in smoking and does not want to quit. In that his illness exacerbated by the smoking, the physician is demanding that he quit. Each time he tries to quit smoking, Mr. Jimenez becomes irritable and unhappy. His wife and family hate it when he is not smoking because he becomes difficult to live with. Consider this case from the position of act utilitarianism, determine whether Mr. Jimenez should continue or quit smoking.
Mr. Jimenez is a 78 year-old Chronic Pulmonary disease patient who has smoked 2packs a day for forty years. He takes great employment and satisfaction in smoking and does not want to quit. In that his illness exacerbated by the smoking, the physician is demanding that he quit. Each time he tries to quit smoking, Mr. Jimenez becomes irritable and unhappy. His wife and family hate it when he is not smoking because he becomes difficult to live with. Consider this case from the position of act utilitarianism, determine whether Mr. Jimenez should continue or quit smoking.
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Mr. Jimenez is a 78 year-old Chronic Pulmonary disease patient who has smoked 2packs a day for forty years. He takes great employment and satisfaction in smoking and does not want to quit.
In that his illness exacerbated by the smoking, the physician is demanding that he quit. Each time he tries to quit smoking, Mr. Jimenez becomes irritable and unhappy. His wife and family hate it when he is not smoking because he becomes difficult to live with.
Consider this case from the position of act utilitarianism, determine whether Mr. Jimenez should continue or quit smoking.
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