"Rules of Thumb" Can Guide Value Selection in Any Ethical

"Rules of thumb" can guide value selection in any ethical dilemma, whether related to patient care or the student-instructor relationship. A clinical nursing instructor who chooses to counsel a student who lied about completing a patient care assignments rather than removing her from the clinical setting is most likely using which of the following "rules of thumb"?

A) Productive, relatively permanent values are preferred over those that are less enduring.
B) Values that are good in themselves are preferred to values are means to attain other goals.
C) Value selection is based on self-chosen ideals that are internally consistent.
D) Values that are means to attain other goals are preferred over those are based on self-chosen ideals.
E) Values that are good in themselves are preferred over those that are less enduring.