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You are part of a group of ecologists who are living and working in a remote jungle, far from the nearest town. The entire group, which includes eight children, has been taken hostage by paramilitary terrorists. One of the terrorists, who has taken a liking to you, tells you that the leader of the terrorist organization intends to kill all of the hostages, including you, the following morning. This friendly terrorist is willing to help you and the children escape, but as an act of good faith he wants you to torture and kill one of the other hostages whom he happens to dislike. If you refuse this offer, all the hostages including you and the children will die. If you accepts the offer, then the other hostages will die in the morning, but you and the eight children will escape. Should you torture and kill this other hostage? Explain, in detail, what the morally correct action is according to Kantian ethics. Include in your answer, the categorical imperative, the maxims, and an explanation of what, according to Kant, would be “reasonable.” Use only what is in “What is ethics anyway?” and include at least five citations from that chapter. Do you agree with the explanation of what is morally correct according to Kantian ethics? Explain. Your answer so far: According to “What is ethics anyway?” Kantian ethics cannot put weight on the consequences of any actions (pg.10, bot), so that should mean whatever I do would mean if someone else was in that situation they would have to do it to, which necessarily doesn’t make it right. If I had to choose between torturing and killing one person than letting everyone including me die, I would choose to torture and kill the one person. I believe sacrificing the one person is the morally correct action to take based on Kantian ethics.  A Maxim is a rule (pg.10, top) and you have to identify the rule of the situation and if you could make the maxim a universal law, could you? (pg.10, mid). This means that if I was to sacrifice that one person, everyone else in the same particular situation would have to do the same. This situation would be conflictive because everyone will not want to do the same thing and that’s when categorical imperative comes into focus. Making it a universal law will make it impossible for you to do what you are doing so everyone (pg.12,top) According to Kant ethics says if no one else would do what you would in the particular situation, then you shouldn’t do it either (pg.11, mid). So, I would have to think about other people and what they would think to do in the situation. Which I personally believe yes, they would but also some might not, and it then becomes conflictive. Someone might not have the will to torture or kill someone else, which would mean that it can’t necessarily become a universal law. which would become categorical imperative This is also contradictive because categorical imperative would say there is a conflict. which means everyone would not choose to sacrifice that one person and that would make it not a universal law. According to categorical imperative, Everyone picking the same choice as to sacrificing this one hostage would create conflict.  

Which of the following are aerosolized antibiotics that can be given to treat a patient with a Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial infection?I. AlbuterolII. Amikacin III. Tobramycin IV. GentamicinV. Advair

Which of the following would cause the Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve to shift to the LEFT?I. Increase pHII. Increase PaCO2III. Decreased 2-3 DPGIV. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning V. Decreased Temperature

You are a respiratory therapist working the floors. You are asked to perform an ABG on a patient to assess the patient’s ventilation and oxygenation status. The results of the ABG are listed belowpH=7.38PaCO2=45PaO2=90HCO3=24              If the patient is at sea level and on an FiO2 of 50%, calculate the PAO2 value. (Round answer to nearest whole number).

The ultimate goal of Public Health Nursing is to prevent disease and promote health. The Public Health Nurse achieves this goal by focusing on which four levels of intervention?

school nurse spends the majority of their time coordinating a school-wide handwashing campaign, developing an emergency response plan for students with severe allergies, and conducting mandated vision screenings for all new students. This allocation of time and resources is most consistent with the core focus that distinguishes School Nursing from Acute Care Nursing. What is the primary focus of the School Nurse?

A primary function of the federal public health agency is to set the overarching structure for healthcare nationwide. Which action is the role of the federal public health agencies?

A screaming child has severe, uncontrollable arterial bleeding from a deep laceration on their thigh. Using the SALT triage method, the Disaster response nurse should categorize this victim as which priority level?

When counseling an adult male client about health maintenance, the nurse recognizes that men generally have what pattern related to health care participation compared to women?

A family is experiencing significant financial strain, leading to housing instability and poor nutrition. When assessing this situation, the nurse would classify the housing instability and poor nutrition as which type of major family health risk?