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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)






2. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






4. 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






5. Bad character traits






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






15. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






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






17. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something






18. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess






19. 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






20. To punish subjects who break the law






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






22. Name the four authors of the Gospels






23. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






24. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






26. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements






27. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






28. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal






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






30. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






31. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






32. Making exagerated claims about products






33. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control






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






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






36. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






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






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






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






40. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






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






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






43. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






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






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






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






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






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







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