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(a). Do you think the diesel dupe scandal can be defended by the notion of Utilitarian pain and pleasure calculus? Does the defense of moral sanctuary apply in this case?
(b). Based on the case, explain when and how Volkswagen has breached the minimum Kantian value of altruism?
(c). Do you think the solutions implemented by Volkswagen in this case are adequate? If not, what would you suggest?
This requires students to have an in-depth understanding of utilitarianism, particularly the application of its pain and pleasure calculus. By using this calculus, students would be able to discern a rational response. Students should evaluate in detail the pain and pleasure and a sensible answer would be to acknowledge the limitations of this calculus. VW lacks foresight and overestimated its technological prowess and at the same time underestimated the influence of the stakeholders.
This is a difficult question. VW suffered an ethical dissonance, a punctuation of ethics where their oversight and down driven utilitarian values breach the minimum content of Kantian altruism. This clearly is the case when a product causes harm and injury to the public, breaching also the three maxims of Kantianism. Students should be able to pinpoint and use graphical illustrations to examine the ethical inflection point leading to its dissonance.
Students are required to critically evaluate if the steps and actions taken by VW is morally and ethically adequate. Systemic changes may be inadequate, and in a case of ethical inflection and dissonance, a corporate renewal and moral reboot is necessary. Is that evident in this case?
