Question

Consider: A newly hired nurse is assigned to the recovery room of a hospital that specializes in heart surgery. She is working there for a week when one evening a man in the recovery room is being closely monitored after surgery. The signs are not good. He recovers consciousness. The doctors inform him of the situation. They leave the recovery room. The man calls the nurse over and asks for a pen and some paper. Thinking that he might die, and do so soon ,he informs her that he needs to write a brief letter to someone. She finds pen and paper and gives it to him. He writes his note and writes the address and asks the nurse to send it out for him. She agrees. As she is taking the pen and papers back from him the recovery room supervisor enters and observes her. The supervisor calls her over and inquires as to what she was doing. When the newly hired nurse reported that she had assisted the man in writing a letter and took it to mail it for him , the supervisor responded that : "It is not your responsibility to do such things." The new nurse responded that she was simply trying to help the man and had agreed to mail the letter. The supervisor replied with: "This is not a post office!" The new nurse repeated that she was only attempting to help the man. That he might die shortly. The supervisor wrote up the new nurse for subordination. The new nurse was dismissed from the hospital as she was in her probationary period. What was the new nurse to do and why? How would someone respond to this situation using the ethical principles of: (Respond using the principles of the ethical tradition for your group. Your group is assigned according the letter that starts your last name) A-G 1. an egoist H-L 2. a rule utilitarian M-Q 3. a Kantian R- T 4. a Natural Law theorist U-Z 5. a Rawlsian?

Answer 1

1An egoist

.As per egoism principal ,the nurse should not help .
Because the egoism principal focuses on ,can do the action based on the benefit for the doer.Here the nurse is in prohibition period ,so the nurse should be careful regarding that period.Based on egoism principal,that focusing on other benefits.So here there is no benefit she got from that help.

2.A rule utilitarian;

Belated on utilitarianism help of her is appreciatable.

Because utilitarianism focusea on maximum happiness for our work, that is not more focusing on the maximum happiness for others by our work ,thatvis not more focusing on right or wrong .so here the client is in more dangerous stage ,and may that is his last time .At that time he seeks a help from nurse, and by that he may be very satisfied and cool.So the nurse done a good job.

3.Kantian;

According to this principle,the nurse do that help.Because in this priority ,it focusing on moral principles.so if have any benefit for the action,then the work can be conduct.So here focusing on the result of action.So here the man have beneoir happiness,the nurse can do that work or help.

4.Natural law theorist;

According to this law the everone have intrensic values ,the action done by them is based on them.so here the nurse can do the actions based on her wish,she can think what is good and what is not good.

5.RAWISAN;

According to this theory everyone have liberty for their own decision and ,actions,also all have equality.For a good result , anyone can be according to their own wish .so the nurse can do according to her wish for a good result .so based on this theory , nurse's action is right.