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- How would you classify Ford’s legal and moral responsibility and why? (Intentional,
Reckless or Negligent or a combination of the three)
- How did Ford as a Corporation act as a Moral Agent with their decision to produce the
Pinto?
- Do you think it was appropriate for Ford to use the data presented in the case study to
make their decision? If not, what other test/approach could Ford have used instead of the
Utilitarian Cost/Benefit Test?
- What responsibility do you as an engineer have in a decision like this?