Choose the ethical dilemma of either the reference librarian or new plant manager. Compare the ways that an advocate of Kant’s categorical imperatives and Bentham and Mill’s utilitarian philosophy would counsel the librarian or the new plant manager to act. With which approach do you agree most? Why?

Review “How Good People Make Tough Choices”, including the two brief case studies in Kidder (1995/2005) regarding a reference librarian and a new plant manager of a nationwide manufacturing firm (pages 13–16).
Choose the ethical dilemma of either the reference librarian or new plant manager. Compare the ways that an advocate of Kant’s categorical imperatives and Bentham and Mill’s utilitarian philosophy would counsel the librarian or the new plant manager to act. With which approach do you agree most? Why?