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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal






2. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision






3. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure






4. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve






5. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy






6. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government






7. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society






8. 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






9. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






10. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






11. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this






12. 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






13. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude






14. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






15. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about






16. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule






17. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?






18. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed






19. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue






20. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness






21. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning

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22. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.






23. To punish subjects who break the law






24. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task






25. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas






26. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this






27. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society






28. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






29. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices






30. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature






31. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)






32. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent






33. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue






34. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






35. 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)






36. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good






37. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties






38. Self-mastery according to Kant






39. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions






40. 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






41. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






42. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace






43. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people






44. 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)






45. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience






46. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






47. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are






48. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride






49. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system






50. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens