Mike a newly hired nurse, still on rotation is being assigned to different nursing units as a way of getting him exposed to different areas before he finally be assigned a specific nursing unit. He was an outgoing “NOC” or night duty nurse in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Right as he was on his way to go home he learned that the mayor of the city where he worked was rushed in due to massive heart attack. Mike decided to stay and volunteered to help for at least two to three hours until most of the patients were attended to and settled. Mike was tired, hungry and sleepy but for him it was alright after all he wanted to impress the charge nurse so he will be chosen to work in ICU which was what he really wanted to do since childhood.
- Applying the “Law of universality” what does Kant say about what Mike did? -staying late and volunteering to help? Can it become a universal law or not? (2pts) Explain your answer. 3pts
2. How would you evaluate Mike’s behavior in relation to Kant’s principle of “treating others as an end and not as means”? In what ways did he fail or succeed in doing it? Explain your answer.5pts
3. According to Kant, how would you deal with a person being one who is “with an autonomous and self- regulating will?5pts
4. According to Kant’s Duty ethics, “It is wrong to lie”.
5. How do you feel about this principle? Can this be to you a universal law? 5pts
6. Do you foresee any situation where this can be an ethical dilemma to you (it will be hard not to tell a lie)? Please share your thoughts.5pts
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