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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






2. Making exagerated claims about products






3. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people






4. 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






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






6. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved






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






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






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






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






11. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






12. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God






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






14. 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






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






16. 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)






17. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism






18. 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






19. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






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






21. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation






22. 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






23. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






24. 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






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






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






27. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment






28. 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)






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






30. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment






31. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






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


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






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






35. 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






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






37. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






38. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is






39. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command






40. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence






41. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)






42. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides






43. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern






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






45. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives






46. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard






47. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






49. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)






50. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)