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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
Natural Law Theory
Puffery
Post conventional level
The Gospels
2. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
hypothetical imperatives
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
heteronomy
rule utilitarianism
3. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
Leviathan
John Rawls
Self-knowledge
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
4. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Ignorance
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Thomas Hobbes
Epictetus
5. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
John Locke
normative hedonism
Vices
rule utilitarianism
6. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
Doctrine of Virtue
Stage 6
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Self-knowledge
7. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
The 3 branches of ethics
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Conventional level
Standards of disclosure
8. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
Happiness
social contract theory
Thomas Hobbes
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
9. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Deontologists
Ethics of care
rule utilitarianism
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
10. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
seven features of pleasure
virtues
Golden Mean
retributive justice
11. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
paternalism
stoic moral virtues
natural virtues
12. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
human nature
Deontology
Stage 3
teleology
13. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Doctrine of Right
natural virtues
social contract theory
14. 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
feminist ethics
meta-ethics
Stage 4
Enchiridion
15. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
retributive justice
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Ignorance
Standard of Happiness
16. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
natural virtues
covenant
normative ethics
Aristotle
17. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Conventional level
Stage 1
stoic moral virtues
Professional Code of Ethics
18. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
Jeremy Bentham
Whistle blowing
Stage 3
The 3 branches of ethics
19. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
Kant
Utilitarianism
Act utilitarianism
hedonic calculus
20. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
Stage 6
Stoic philosphy
Ignorance
conflict of interest
21. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Rawls
heteronomy
22. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
theonomy
meta-ethics
Jeremy Bentham
The Books of Law
23. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
Leviathan
Stage 5
Eternal law
motivational hedonism
24. Evidence of a valid consent
Kant
Consent Form
Conventional level
virtues
25. 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
motivational hedonism
theonomy
Eternal law
normative ethics
26. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
normative ethics
teleology
Whistle blowing
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
27. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
natural virtues
The 3 branches of ethics
Doctrine of Right
Descriptive ethics
28. 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
Pre-conventional level
paternalism
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Thucydides
29. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
Virtue
Descriptive ethics
Stage 2
rule utilitarianism
30. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
Thomas Hobbes
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
informed consent
Virtue ethics
31. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
divine command theory
teleology
The 3 branches of ethics
motivational hedonism
32. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
paternalism
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
covenant
theory of justice as fairness
33. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
theory of justice as fairness
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Virtue ethics
34. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
social contract theory
Moral virtue
Doctrine of Right
Plato
35. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
categorical imperatives
Doctrine of Right
Descriptive ethics
Stage 4
36. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
justice
conditional covenant
theonomy
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
37. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation
retributive justice
John Stuart Mill
Professional Code of Ethics
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
38. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
Golden Mean
Epictetus
Courage
Virtue ethics
39. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
theory of justice as fairness
Pre-conventional level
autonomy
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
40. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
Socrates
unconditional
hedonic calculus
distributive justice
41. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
Doctrine of Right
normative ethics
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
feminist ethics
42. Bad character traits
Vices
Enchiridion
divine command theory
Stage 3
43. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
artificial virtues
unconditional
Deontology
44. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
The Gospels
Vices
Golden Mean
45. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
covenant
Leviathan
unconditional
Courage
46. 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)
human nature
Post conventional level
Doctrine of Virtue
covenant
47. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
Deontology
Stage 4
Eternal law
normative ethics
48. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Thomas Hobbes
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
virtues
normative hedonism
49. Says we should always do the will of God
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Courage
nonconsequentialist normative theory
divine command theory
50. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
Moral virtue
Thucydides
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
human nature