Based on the events leading up to the devastating floods in Queensland and the eventual lawsuit brought against the dam engineers, there have been opinions on both sides of the divide as to whether whether the actions taken by the engineers were actually ethical or not. We explored this avenue and found that both sides of the divide have good reasons to justify their actions. First, we will explore the possibility that the engineers' decisions were appropriate and ethical. It can be said that the engineers used act utilitarianism in their decisions and actions, thus making these decisions ethically correct. Action utilitarianism is essentially about doing the right thing, which would benefit the majority of people, based on the situation currently occurring. One of the reasons why the actions taken could be considered ethically valid is that if the dam had not been opened, there would have been no other way to resolve the rising water level in the dam. If no action had been taken, there could have been seriously devastating effects, such as erosion of the dam wall due to water pouring over the dam wall, thus weakening the structure, or a loss of control of the flow of the dam. 'waterfall. Professor Hubert Chanson, professor of hydraulic engineering at the University of Queensland, said Wivenhoe Dam was actually designed as an embankment dam, so it should not be overtopped, i.e. water should not be allowed to flow over the limits of the dam. (Andersen 2011). Although there is a secondary spillway, it is nevertheless recommended not to use it, since the use of such a spillway would mean that there would be a surge of water exiting the dam and a loss of control of the water flow, w... half of the sheet ... the doctors' quick decisions had saved the patient, but the patient was now unable to walk, for example. This is a very real situation and has happened many times in healthcare. If we consider it in this perspective, we would say that the doctor did his job correctly based on the challenging situation that required a quick decision, otherwise the patient might not even survive. Linking this concept of healthcare back to the Queensland floods and the Wivenhoe Dam engineers, the rising water in the dam would be the disease, while the engineers would be the medical professionals and the patient would be the citizens of Queensland. It is from this perspective that we believe that the actions were actually correct. Had it not been for timely decisions made during the floods, the damage may have been much worse.