Consider the Following Situation: Local Livestock Farmers Could Allow the Runoff

Multiple Choice

Consider the following situation: Local livestock farmers could allow the runoff of manure nutrients into a stream that feeds a local lake because polluting the stream helps farmers in the short term.However,farmers will act ethically in the short run to avoid harming others in the long run because doing so is also in the farmer's best long-term interests.This type of thinking reflects the _____ approach to deciding ethical dilemmas.

A) individual
B) group
C) moral-rights
D) utilitarian
E) justice