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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
unconditional
The Gospels
corrective justice
Act utilitarianism
2. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Puffery
Happiness
Eternal law
Stage 2
3. The first 5 books of the Old Testament
The Books of Law
John Locke
Stage 4
heteronomy
4. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Kant
rule utilitarianism
Self-knowledge
5. Evaluates people's actions and their moral character (it is concerned with the content of moral judgments or principles - rules - or theories that guide our actions and judgments - and the criteria for what is right or wrong- it argues for particular
Utilitarianism
normative ethics
divine command theory
paternalism
6. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
St Thomas Aquinas
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Descriptive ethics
7. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Moral virtue
conditional covenant
disclosure of information
Aristotle
8. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
disclosure of information
The 3 branches of ethics
covenant
distributive justice
9. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
human nature
Thucydides
Conventional level
autonomy
10. Interference of an individual with another person - against their will - and defended that the person interfered with will be better off or protected from harm
paternalism
retributive justice
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
covenant
11. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
meta-ethics
heteronomy
Moral virtue
virtues
12. This lays the groundwork for normative ethics - it deals with the nature of moral judgment. It looks at the origins of meaning of ethical principles. It studies the nature of morality and questions the abstract meaning of ethical terms
Conventional level
meta-ethics
Eternal law
natural virtues
13. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
natural virtues
normative ethics
theonomy
hypothetical imperatives
14. Puts forth the notion of eternal law as the road map for ethics - the ultimate purpose of life was not happiness here on Earth but eternal bliss in the hereafter
Post conventional level
Thomas Hobbes
St Thomas Aquinas
Consent Form
15. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Consent Form
heteronomy
Ignorance
St Thomas Aquinas
16. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
paternalism
autonomy
Aristotle
Happiness
17. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Standards of disclosure
natural virtues
John Rawls
informed consent
18. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
Ethics
hypothetical imperatives
Deontology
Act utilitarianism
19. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
rule utilitarianism
feminist ethics
Leviathan
artificial virtues
20. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
Standards of disclosure
Whistle blowing
Descriptive ethics
Stage 1
21. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
Leviathan
Stage 4
Enchiridion
nonconsequentialist normative theory
22. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
Aristotle
Happiness
informed consent
motivational hedonism
23. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
Stage 5
distributive justice
Vices
categorical imperatives
24. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
retributive justice
David Hume
Doctrine of Virtue
Virtue ethics
25. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
Ethics
Conventional level
Courage
Stage 2
26. Believes that all acts are ultimately self-serving - even when they seem benevolent - that in a state of nature - prior to any formation of government - humans would behave completely selfishly
Thomas Hobbes
theonomy
retributive justice
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
27. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
Natural Law Theory
feminist ethics
Stoic philosphy
normative ethics
28. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
Natural Law Theory
components of informed consent
In nature - everything has a purpose; nature and its moral laws are knowable through common sense and reason; since every living thing has a nature that is appropriate to the kind of thing it is - failure to develop this nature to its fullest is an i
Pre-conventional level
29. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
components of informed consent
St Thomas Aquinas
stoic moral virtues
Professional Code of Ethics
30. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
Standards of disclosure
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
heteronomy
divine command theory
31. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
Jeremy Bentham
hypothetical imperatives
Doctrine of Virtue
Whistle blowing
32. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Epictetus
Jeremy Bentham
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Ignorance
33. Making exagerated claims about products
Puffery
Descriptive ethics
retributive justice
Virtue ethics
34. Bad character traits
Vices
The Books of Law
Conventional level
justice
35. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
components of informed consent
natural virtues
feminist ethics
Ignorance
36. Advocates that moral values are relative to likely social consequences - we must act in a way as to help bring about the greatest good for the greatest number of people (Standard of Happiness)
John Stuart Mill
Golden Mean
Vices
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
37. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Thucydides
social contract theory
motivational hedonism
38. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
Standard of Happiness
Courage
divine command theory
retributive justice
39. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning
40. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
Descriptive ethics
motivational hedonism
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
theonomy
41. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
human nature
Utilitarianism
Stage 6
Stage 3
42. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
John Stuart Mill
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
seven features of pleasure
corrective justice
43. Former slave who received an education in the doctrine of Stoic philosophy - believed ethical wisdom can be obtained by keeping a moral purpose in harmony with nature
John Rawls
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Epictetus
John Locke
44. Maintains that moral values are relative to our natural human feelings and the urgent needs real situations - our ction should be guided by our feeling good about ourselves while promoting social well-being. Experiences of morality drawn from peoples
stoic moral virtues
artificial virtues
Stage 5
David Hume
45. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
Stoic philosphy
natural virtues
hedonic calculus
informed consent
46. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
Ethics of care
Natural Law Theory
normative ethics
heteronomy
47. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
stoic moral virtues
human nature
components of informed consent
rule utilitarianism
48. Says we should always do the will of God
feminist ethics
hypothetical imperatives
nonconsequentialist normative theory
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
49. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
paternalism
Whistle blowing
Moral virtue
Deontologists
50. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
Thomas Hobbes
virtues
Act utilitarianism
stoic moral virtues