In 1951 male nurses joined the main nursing register. In 2004 the percentage of male nurses was 10.63% this had increased very slightly to 10.69% in 2008. In 2008 there are 132 male midwives on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) nursing register.
The death penalty is the only acceptable punishment for taking a human life unlawfully and is the only moral action. The laws of western countries are based ultimately on ancient Jewish law which is the basis of all western morality and in which the death penalty was practised.
(January 2015) Moral absolutism is an ethical view that particular actions are intrinsically right or wrong. Stealing, for instance, might be considered to be always immoral, even if done for the well-being of others (e.g., stealing food to feed a starving family), and even if it does in the end promote such a good.