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) procedural justice

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Ethical behavior in the individual approach is guided by what will result in the individual's best long-term interests, which ultimately are in everyone's self-interest. The assumption here is that you will act ethically in the short run to avoid others harming you in the long run.

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