After Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana,a hospital in New Orleans was left without power or water for days as floodwaters surrounded it.Food was running low,conditions inside the hospital were deplorable,and patients were dying.Later some people voiced suspicions that the hospital medical staff had considered euthanizing some of the patients.Suppose doctors at the hospital did perform active euthanasia on some patients (a supposition that may very well be false).And suppose the doctors argued that they were justified in using active nonvoluntary euthanasia on unconscious DNR patients.What moral principles could they most plausibly use to make their case?

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Beneficence and utility are the principles that could most plausibly be used to justify active nonvoluntary euthanasia in this scenario. Beneficence involves acting in the best interest of the patient, while utility focuses on the greatest good for the greatest number, which could be interpreted as alleviating suffering or allocating resources under dire circumstances.

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