This document discusses the harms of unsafe products such as wine, narcotics, weapons, and tobacco. It outlines the physiological, sociological, and psychological harms of each product. Physiological harms include health issues like heart disease, liver disease, and respiratory infections. Sociological harms include increased crime rates, domestic violence, and loss of work productivity. Psychological harms include depression, aggression, and loss of control. The document also discusses utilitarian ethics and what various religions say about these products.

1. Unsafe Products
What harms does they do?
Application of Utilitarianism
What does Religions say?
Introduction

2. UNSAFE PRODUCTS
 The term used to those products that are not ethically safe
as it creates significant risk or injury to the person
 It not only harm the person but also to the others in the
surrounding and cause damage to the society
 The term covers four different products:
I. Wine
II. Narcotics
III. Weapons
IV. Tobacco

3. A
B
C
D
PHYSIOLOGICAL HARMS:
 High blood pressure
 Heart diseases & Stroke
 Liver disease (Cancer of esophageal)
 There are increase chances of dying from it
SOCIOLOGICAL HARMS:
 It give rise to crime rates (robbery, killing assault, rape,
harassment)
 Affects the family, the person who consumes it
 Lost work place productivity
 Increase in road accidents
 Increase in divorce rate
 Domestic violence.
 Issues during pregnancy due to the consumption
 Impacts the parent-child bonding resulting damaging the
generation.
PSYCHOLOGICAL HARMS:
 Depression
 Suicide
 Violent behaviors
 Anxiety

4. A
B
C
D
PHYSIOLOGICAL HARMS:
 Mental health issues including paranoia
 Harmons issues
 Drowsiness, tranquilization
 It destroys the immunity of body
 Destroys production of dopamine and endorphins
SOCIOLOGICAL HARMS:
 Rebellious attitude and antisocial behavior
 Family problems
 Poverty
 Low productivity at work place
 Low productivity at work
 Over expenditure by the government for the rehab
 Low self esteem
PSYCHOLOGICAL HARMS:
 Short & long term changes in the brain
 Depression
 Aggression
 Hallucinations

5. A
B
C
D
PHYSIOLOGICAL HARMS:
 Used to obtain money in a robbery, sexual gratification in a
rape or dominate their victims in some other kind of assault.
 Weapon violence used to kill people
 Nuclear weapons cause cancer, chorionic diseases,
permanent disabilities
SOCIOLOGICAL HARMS:
 Use to dominate on the occasions such as elections, riots.
 Damage to the public property.
 Has the ability to harm or kill huge number of people.
 High level of violence can make difficult to access local
health care
 Increase in crime rates in the society.
PSYCHOLOGICAL HARMS:
 Aggressive thoughts
 Violence
 Angry Feelings

6. A
B
C
D
PHYSIOLOGICAL HARMS:
 Greater risk of respiratory infection such as Bronchitis &
Persistent Coughing
 Heart disease due to constricted blood vessel.
 Lung disease (Most common cause of death)
 Loss of appetite & unhealthy teeth
 Both men & women can experience infertility issue.
SOCIOLOGICAL HARMS:
 Secondhand smoking (Those who are exposed are at
high risk)
 Addiction in young generation (Symbol of status plays a
major role)
 Passive smokers (It has tendency to spread out over non
smokers)
PSYCHOLOGICAL HARMS:
 Depression
 Violent behaviors
 Loss of Self Control

7. Application of Utilitarianism Ethics
WINES & NARCOTICS
 According to John Stuart Mills, there are two kinds of pleasure
i. Qualitative (Intellectual or High level pleasure)
ii. Quantitative (Sensory or Lower pleasure)
 According to theory pleasure over pain is better and ideal.
 Ethically consuming wine is a short term pleasure & pain is for a
longer term.
 Ethically consuming drugs like meth that makes you happy and is
deadly addictive is pleasurable
 Therefore even according to John Stuart Mill, Wine & Narcotics is a lower
pleasure.

8. Application of Utilitarianism Ethics
WEAPONS
 According to the hedonistic law pleasure over pain is more essential and
therefore weapons have some arguments rather keeping weapons is a
Pleasure or Pain.
 Weapons inflict pain to others but according to the utilitarianism theory
inflicting pain to the minorities to save the masses or for the pleasure of
the larger number is applicable.
 Super Powers keeping weapons or every country keeping weapons to save
their territory or integrity is fair. Like wise if having a war which is inflicting
pain to the under developed countries and giving pleasure to the super
powers is also fair for utilitarianism.

9. What does RELIGION say??
 In Islam & Christianity a person is allowed to carry such a weapon as long
as he does not pose a threat to the lives or health of innocent people.
 One should abide by the laws of the country in which he lives, as breaking
these laws is not allowed in Islam, unless they contradict the laws of Islam
itself.
 In Islam & Christianity whatever effects the relationship with God is
prohibited, thus drugs effects the brain and mental health as it looses
connection with God.
 Both bible & Christian tradition taught that alcohol is a gift from GOD that
makes life more joyous but that over indulgence leading to drunkenness is
sinful or at least a vice.