Alabama prevents students from carrying electronic beepers and cell phones without written parental permission. Proponents argue that these devices are used by drug dealers, distract students, and disrupt the classroom. Which ethical theory do the proponents subscribe to?

Utilitarianism

Explanation:

Utilitarianism is the collection of theories that promotes the actions that increase happiness of the population.

Here, carrying electronic beepers has been associated with drug dealers, distracting students, and disrupting the classroom. These are the actions which increases the negativity of the population. This is not what the people want to happen. They want people to do things that increases happiness and not decrease it.