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DSST Ethics In America 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
Stage 3
rule utilitarianism
The Gospels
hypothetical imperatives
2. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
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
Professional Code of Ethics
Stage 3
Natural Law Theory
3. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
Epictetus
Virtue
Stage 1
Conventional level
4. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Ignorance
Happiness
theonomy
hedonic calculus
5. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
The Books of Law
conditional covenant
Deontology
Doctrine of Right
6. Says we should always do the will of God
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Act utilitarianism
David Hume
Stage 1
7. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
components of informed consent
Socrates
informed consent
8. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
motivational hedonism
normative ethics
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Epictetus
9. 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
John Stuart Mill
Deontology
Stage 6
paternalism
10. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
St Thomas Aquinas
The 3 branches of ethics
categorical imperatives
primary purpose of the Leviathan
11. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
distributive justice
Stage 5
Enchiridion
Post conventional level
12. Respect for the rules of the group - focuses on what's necessary to promote the cohesiveness of society (ex: breaking the law is unethical behavior)
Stage 4
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Immanuel Kant
covenant
13. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
Whistle blowing
Epictetus
Stoic philosphy
Deontology
14. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Eternal law
Jeremy Bentham
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
15. 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
The Books of Law
Doctrine of Virtue
St Thomas Aquinas
social contract theory
16. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
disclosure of information
feminist ethics
conditional covenant
17. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
Aristotle
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
disclosure of information
Self-knowledge
18. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
Thomas Hobbes
Moral virtue
Standards of disclosure
natural virtues
19. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
The Gospels
Descriptive ethics
Eternal law
social contract theory
20. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
covenant
disclosure of information
Kant
rule utilitarianism
21. 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
unconditional
David Hume
Vices
Happiness
22. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
Plato
retributive justice
social contract theory
distributive justice
23. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
unconditional
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Leviathan
Conventional level
24. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
stoic moral virtues
Courage
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
St Thomas Aquinas
25. Bad character traits
Puffery
Vices
distributive justice
informed consent
26. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
teleology
paternalism
primary purpose of the Leviathan
normative hedonism
27. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
John Rawls
St Thomas Aquinas
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Stage 3
28. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
Thucydides
hypothetical imperatives
Enchiridion
Puffery
29. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
Deontologists
Virtue
human nature
hedonic calculus
30. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
virtues
theonomy
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Ignorance
31. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
disclosure of information
theory of justice as fairness
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
32. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
meta-ethics
Virtue
Thomas Hobbes
33. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Happiness
David Hume
Stage 2
Epictetus
34. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
artificial virtues
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Plato
autonomy
35. To punish subjects who break the law
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Puffery
Moral virtue
Stage 5
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)
The Gospels
Eternal law
Ethics of care
John Stuart Mill
37. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Utilitarianism
Epictetus
justice
38. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
The Gospels
feminist ethics
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Thucydides
39. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
Pre-conventional level
Doctrine of Virtue
disclosure of information
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
40. The first 5 books of the Old Testament
Stage 3
The Books of Law
autonomy
Moral virtue
41. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
Act utilitarianism
social contract theory
normative ethics
Professional Code of Ethics
42. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
stoic moral virtues
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
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Aristotle
43. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
heteronomy
artificial virtues
Ethics of care
Descriptive ethics
44. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
hedonic calculus
Utilitarianism
St Thomas Aquinas
conditional covenant
45. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
motivational hedonism
normative hedonism
autonomy
primary purpose of the Leviathan
46. 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
normative ethics
theory of justice as fairness
theonomy
Act utilitarianism
47. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
Stage 6
Thomas Hobbes
Ignorance
Leviathan
48. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
The Books of Law
Natural Law Theory
The Gospels
distributive justice
49. Self-mastery according to Kant
Courage
Doctrine of Right
theonomy
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
50. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
retributive justice
John Locke
components of informed consent