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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






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






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






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






6. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






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






8. Bad character traits






9. 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)






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






11. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced






12. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly






13. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride






14. Name the four authors of the Gospels






15. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism






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






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






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






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






20. Evidence of a valid consent






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices






30. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






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






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






33. To punish subjects who break the law






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






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






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






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






45. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional






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






47. 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






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






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






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