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While administering ear drops to a toddler, a nurse pulls the auricle down and back. The mother asks, “Why are you pulling the ear that way?” Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

Weight measurements must be accurately recorded in pounds for a child.

Vaccines provide _______________________________immunity to disease.  (Do not use capital letters in your answer)

Which of the following, for Kant, would be morally permissible?

Give Tylenol 0 -3 months 80 mg per dose.  The child is 3 months of age.  The Tylenol is provided as 100 mg / 0.8 mL.  How much Tylenol would you give?

Answer with 2-3 sentences.  Each question is worth 5 points. Explain what it means to call something “supererogatory” by providing an example.

For Aristotle, what is a person’s function?

On what continent is Mexico? 

Mill thinks that the ultimate good is “happiness.” Interestingly, so did Aristotle. But Mill defines “happiness” very differently than Aristotle did. Which of the following best represents what Mill means by “happiness” when he talks about it?

Intrinsic value is the kind of value that something has only insofar as it’s useful or instrumental in achieving something else with more value.