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Lee and George offer the following example: Suppose a mother and father take their baby home after it’s born. The only reason why they didn’t get an abortion is because they couldn’t afford one. Furthermore, when they tried to give their baby up for adoption,, they couldn’t find anyone willing to adopt the baby. In this case, even though the parents didn’t voluntarily consent to the pregnancy, why do Lee and George argue that they are still responsible to the child, and thus, are not morally justified to leave the child out in the woods somewhere?

The nurse is aware that for the 3-month-old who has a surgery time of 2:30 PM, the start order for NPO should be no earlier than:

Calculate hourly fluid requirements for a child that weighs 7 kg 

Emotivism is the position in applied ethics that so long as a moral claim coheres with my emotional state, then it automatically passes Kant’s categorical imperative test.

Short Answer:  Answer the following question in 2-3 sentences.  This question is worth 5 points.  Explain the difference between a threshold concept and a comparative concept. Which type is used in competency determinations?

Which of the following best represents Pojman’s “common sense” argument in favor of capital punishment?  

What is Pojman’s response to the objection which says that even if a State has the death penalty for capital crimes, the State has no authority to execute people?

Judith Thomson discusses what she calls the “weakened view,” which is the same view as the extreme view except for one crucial point: the weakened view holds that abortion is morally permissible only when it is performed in order to

A nurse in a clinic is preparing to administer pre-kindergarten vaccines to a 5-year-old child whose medical record indicates that his immunizations are up to date. Which of the following vaccines should the nurse plan to administer?

The dosage range of Demerol for a school-age child is 1.1mg/kg to 1.8 mg/kg.  Of the following, which dosage would be appropriate to give a school-age child who weighs 76lbs?