Philosophical and ethical concepts
Casey has stolen medicine from a pharmacy for her sick infant. Casey does not have the means to pay for the medicine’s retail price, $58, even with her health insurance. The medicine works and Casey’s child is healed, needing no further medical treatment. Without the medicine, Casey’s child would have needed hospitalization to provide IV hydration and antibiotics, costing thousands of dollars. After a police investigation, Casey is arrested and convicted of larceny at trial.
Write a response that compares Casey’s legal culpability with her ethical culpability using the following major philosophical and ethical concepts: teleology, deontology, relativism, virtue, and justice