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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
The Gospels
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Utilitarianism
Plato
2. People think of their duties towards others in terms of abstract rules that transcend the particular cultures of historical situations that specific people find themselves in (stages 5 & 6 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
The 3 branches of ethics
virtues
hedonic calculus
Post conventional level
3. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Epictetus
Doctrine of Virtue
theory of justice as fairness
4. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
disclosure of information
John Stuart Mill
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
social contract theory
5. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
corrective justice
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Stage 5
Professional Code of Ethics
6. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
John Locke
Happiness
corrective justice
7. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
conflict of interest
Self-knowledge
motivational hedonism
The 3 branches of ethics
8. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
Vices
rule utilitarianism
conflict of interest
components of informed consent
9. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
stoic moral virtues
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Golden Mean
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
10. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
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
Doctrine of Virtue
Aristotle
covenant
11. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
Happiness
Doctrine of Right
consequentialists
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
12. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
divine command theory
justice
Thomas Hobbes
Natural Law Theory
13. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
rule utilitarianism
Whistle blowing
Leviathan
Professional Code of Ethics
14. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
Moral virtue
Stoic philosphy
Pre-conventional level
Jeremy Bentham
15. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
motivational hedonism
Doctrine of Right
The 3 branches of ethics
Stage 1
16. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
virtues
Kant
Stage 3
Ethics of care
17. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
theory of justice as fairness
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
disclosure of information
The Books of Law
18. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
John Locke
virtues
Doctrine of Virtue
justice
19. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
John Locke
Deontologists
John Stuart Mill
Stoic philosphy
20. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
conditional covenant
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
consequentialists
John Stuart Mill
21. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Ignorance
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Doctrine of Virtue
Doctrine of Right
22. 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
theory of justice as fairness
St Thomas Aquinas
rule utilitarianism
Plato
23. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
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
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
feminist ethics
meta-ethics
24. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
virtues
Socrates
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Utilitarianism
25. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
John Locke
Self-knowledge
autonomy
Kant
26. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is
hedonic calculus
John Locke
Deontologists
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
27. 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
Socrates
Standard of Happiness
paternalism
28. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning
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29. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
unconditional
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Golden Mean
distributive justice
30. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
unconditional
Eternal law
Enchiridion
conflict of interest
31. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
Stage 3
Epictetus
normative hedonism
social contract theory
32. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
hedonic calculus
conditional covenant
informed consent
distributive justice
33. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
Standard of Happiness
Professional Code of Ethics
Stage 3
paternalism
34. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
Descriptive ethics
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Courage
Thucydides
35. Type of ethical theory which is concerned with moral rules which are generated by non-consequentialist methods - based in the nature of rationality or other principles of duty not consequences - theory of moral obligation
Deontology
Moral virtue
feminist ethics
Stage 2
36. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Thomas Hobbes
normative ethics
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Descriptive ethics
37. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
motivational hedonism
Stage 2
theory of justice as fairness
Vices
38. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
Puffery
rule utilitarianism
Ethics
Deontology
39. Evidence of a valid consent
Plato
Socrates
Eternal law
Consent Form
40. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Stage 3
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
informed consent
Enchiridion
41. 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
Epictetus
Virtue ethics
justice
Professional Code of Ethics
42. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
Stage 1
stoic moral virtues
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
43. Making exagerated claims about products
Puffery
conditional covenant
Vices
consequentialists
44. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
Puffery
retributive justice
consequentialists
theonomy
45. 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
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
normative ethics
Thomas Hobbes
natural virtues
46. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Kant
Doctrine of Right
Stoic philosphy
Jeremy Bentham
47. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
rule utilitarianism
The 3 branches of ethics
autonomy
Vices
48. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Stage 6
Stage 2
stoic moral virtues
Conventional level
49. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
autonomy
distributive justice
Descriptive ethics
hedonic calculus
50. 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
Deontologists
conflict of interest
Epictetus