A nurse and her husband come upon an accident late at night. While her husband stays with the accident victims and calls for help, the nurse breaks the window on the door of a nearby drugstore to get the supplies she needs to help these victims before the ambulance gets there. When the police arrive, she tells them what she did and offers to pay for the window and supplies. Which level of moral development is the nurse exhibiting?

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The nurse is exhibiting postconventional moral development, as she is making decisions based on ethical principles that value human life over legal rules, showing a higher level of moral reasoning that goes beyond societal norms and laws.

A Nurse and Her Husband Come Upon an Accident Late