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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






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






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






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






5. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






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






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






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






9. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






10. 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)






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






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






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






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






15. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






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






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






18. 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






19. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






21. 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






22. Making exagerated claims about products






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






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






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






26. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Self-mastery according to Kant






34. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas






35. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






37. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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)