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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
primary purpose of the Leviathan
hypothetical imperatives
Act utilitarianism
2. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
categorical imperatives
normative hedonism
Moral virtue
normative ethics
3. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
informed consent
retributive justice
conditional covenant
Eternal law
4. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Whistle blowing
Deontologists
Post conventional level
5. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
disclosure of information
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Stage 2
6. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
consequentialists
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Ethics of care
Leviathan
7. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Happiness
Enchiridion
Virtue
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
8. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
natural virtues
Ignorance
Golden Mean
retributive justice
9. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
retributive justice
Jeremy Bentham
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
natural virtues
10. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
The 3 branches of ethics
Socrates
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
11. Evidence of a valid consent
The Gospels
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Consent Form
theory of justice as fairness
12. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
Epictetus
hedonic calculus
corrective justice
conditional covenant
13. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
teleology
Stage 4
stoic moral virtues
14. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
Moral virtue
justice
Stage 4
Self-knowledge
15. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation
meta-ethics
Consent Form
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
16. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
retributive justice
rule utilitarianism
Happiness
corrective justice
17. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
hypothetical imperatives
retributive justice
John Rawls
seven features of pleasure
18. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
Virtue
Happiness
Stage 3
teleology
19. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
motivational hedonism
Epictetus
retributive justice
Doctrine of Virtue
20. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
hypothetical imperatives
artificial virtues
informed consent
Stage 1
21. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
justice
Conventional level
Stage 2
feminist ethics
22. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
The Gospels
Stage 2
paternalism
divine command theory
23. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
autonomy
disclosure of information
distributive justice
Standards of disclosure
24. 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
Utilitarianism
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Self-knowledge
St Thomas Aquinas
25. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
feminist ethics
components of informed consent
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Deontologists
26. Bad character traits
Post conventional level
Deontology
Vices
Natural Law Theory
27. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
Consent Form
Standard of Happiness
heteronomy
John Stuart Mill
28. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Standards of disclosure
theory of justice as fairness
John Rawls
Self-knowledge
29. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
Thucydides
artificial virtues
hypothetical imperatives
John Stuart Mill
30. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Descriptive ethics
Courage
categorical imperatives
David Hume
31. 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
The Gospels
normative ethics
informed consent
components of informed consent
32. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
unconditional
Stage 2
Self-knowledge
stoic moral virtues
33. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
rule utilitarianism
Professional Code of Ethics
Act utilitarianism
Plato
34. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Plato
Consent Form
Happiness
Whistle blowing
35. Name the four authors of the Gospels
divine command theory
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
consequentialists
informed consent
36. To punish subjects who break the law
primary purpose of the Leviathan
heteronomy
Socrates
Golden Mean
37. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
unconditional
conflict of interest
Vices
Ethics of care
38. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
normative hedonism
Courage
Professional Code of Ethics
The 3 branches of ethics
39. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Self-knowledge
Happiness
Pre-conventional level
40. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control
hedonic calculus
Kant
primary purpose of the Leviathan
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
41. 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
Stoic philosphy
meta-ethics
heteronomy
42. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
unconditional
Conventional level
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
informed consent
43. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
autonomy
informed consent
Conventional level
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
44. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
social contract theory
Stage 3
Standard of Happiness
theonomy
45. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Professional Code of Ethics
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
Eternal law
46. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
meta-ethics
autonomy
Ethics of care
motivational hedonism
47. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
Conventional level
Socrates
Vices
Happiness
48. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
Golden Mean
The 3 branches of ethics
Stage 5
informed consent
49. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
motivational hedonism
rule utilitarianism
justice
50. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Stage 6
normative ethics
informed consent
Organization of social classes in an ideal society