Question

Mamma's Diner was a small restaurant that was a popular hangout for many Bedford College students, but because of the owner's inability to make the bathroom stalls handicapped accessible for the one wheel-chair student on campus, it was forced to close down. The belief that this it was morally wrong to deprive the majority of the people of this experience is an expression of the philosophy associated with:

Answer 1

QUESTION Options:

A. Utilitarianism

B. Social responsibility

C. Consumerism

D. Preconventional morality

E. Distributive justice

ANSWER: UTILITARIANISM.

Utilitarianism can simply be defined as the theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people".

Utilitarianism is a version of consequentialism unlike other forms of consequentialism, it considers the interest of all individuals to be equal.

Just like what is in the Question, due to the fact that the diner couldn't make the bathroom stalls handicapped accessible for the one wheel-chair student(inequality) it was forced to close. According to utilitarianism that all Interest of individuals should be equal, the diner's is not making it equal by it's inability to provide for one wheeled students.

Answer 2

The following is missing for the question to be complete:

A. Utilitarianism

B. Social responsibility

C. Consumerism

D. Preconventional morality

E. Distributive justice

Answer:    A. Utilitarianism

Explanation:  Utilitarianism is the doctrine according to which any procedure, rule, action, is good and useful if it suits the majority. According to this doctrine, the happiness and satisfaction of the majority should be the guide to which rules and norms should be harmonised. So, from the point of view of this doctrine, it is morally wrong to deprive most people of a popular student restaurant. It would be moral to meet the needs of the majority, to make the majority happy, and so the student restaurant would have usefulness, that is utility, hence the name of this doctrine. So the moral decision of what is good and what is wrong is made based on the outcome of the action or decision, and the outcome is good if it satisfies the majority.