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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






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






14. Evidence of a valid consent






15. 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)






16. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion






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






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






19. Making exagerated claims about products






20. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue






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






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






23. To punish subjects who break the law






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Self-mastery according to Kant






35. 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






36. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






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






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






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






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






41. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. Bad character traits






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






49. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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