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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






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






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






4. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament






5. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






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






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






8. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






10. 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






11. Self-mastery according to Kant






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






13. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life






14. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






15. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)






16. 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)






17. 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)






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






19. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






21. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason






22. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships






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






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






25. To punish subjects who break the law






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






27. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






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


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






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






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






32. 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






33. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this






34. Making exagerated claims about products






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






36. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued






37. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness






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






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






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






41. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul






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






44. Bad character traits






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas