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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






2. 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)






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






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






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






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






7. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides






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






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






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






11. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness






12. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






19. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment






20. To punish subjects who break the law






21. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss






22. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?






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






24. 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






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






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






27. The first 5 books of the Old Testament






28. Self-mastery according to Kant






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






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






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






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






33. Evidence of a valid consent






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






42. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. Says we should always do the will of God






50. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve