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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced






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






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






4. Bad character traits






5. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






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






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






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






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






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






11. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






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






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






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






15. Advocates that moral values are relative to likely social consequences - we must act in a way as to help bring about the greatest good for the greatest number of people (Standard of Happiness)






16. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






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






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






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






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






21. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






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






24. 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)






25. Making exagerated claims about products






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






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






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






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






30. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






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






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

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33. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason






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






35. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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)






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






43. Evidence of a valid consent






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






45. Self-mastery according to Kant






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






47. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






48. Name the four authors of the Gospels






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






50. 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