During the surge of a deadly virus, hospitals faced a major shortage of ventilators, with only one machine available for three patients whose survival depended on immediate ventilation given that all have equal probabilities of survival and no external deadly health risks: a 50-year-old politician, a 26-year-old pregnant woman and your 80-year-old grandmother with dementia. In this situation, the ventilator should be allocated to the young pregnant woman, a decision best justified by the framework of utilitarianism. According to its logic, saving her maximizes overall happiness and…