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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Evidence of a valid consent
natural virtues
primary purpose of the Leviathan
artificial virtues
Consent Form
2. 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)
John Stuart Mill
Whistle blowing
components of informed consent
corrective justice
3. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
Professional Code of Ethics
rule utilitarianism
The 3 branches of ethics
Thucydides
4. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Epictetus
Puffery
Self-knowledge
5. 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
David Hume
stoic moral virtues
Immanuel Kant
John Rawls
6. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
conflict of interest
artificial virtues
informed consent
Standards of disclosure
7. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
artificial virtues
Stoic philosphy
categorical imperatives
Pre-conventional level
8. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
normative hedonism
Doctrine of Virtue
Ignorance
distributive justice
9. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
Natural Law Theory
rule utilitarianism
natural virtues
Doctrine of Virtue
10. The first 5 books of the Old Testament
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
The Books of Law
John Stuart Mill
Moral virtue
11. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
feminist ethics
artificial virtues
Ethics of care
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
12. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Stage 6
informed consent
Enchiridion
Standards of disclosure
13. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
artificial virtues
motivational hedonism
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
14. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
covenant
Courage
Virtue
Ethics
15. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
covenant
David Hume
rule utilitarianism
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
16. This lays the groundwork for normative ethics - it deals with the nature of moral judgment. It looks at the origins of meaning of ethical principles. It studies the nature of morality and questions the abstract meaning of ethical terms
disclosure of information
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
meta-ethics
17. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
Courage
St Thomas Aquinas
hypothetical imperatives
Stage 4
18. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
Ethics
Act utilitarianism
Puffery
Eternal law
19. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Vices
Plato
disclosure of information
Stage 4
20. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
Puffery
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Virtue
Deontologists
21. Bad character traits
natural virtues
Vices
Epictetus
Doctrine of Virtue
22. To punish subjects who break the law
Stage 1
Act utilitarianism
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Stage 5
23. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Doctrine of Virtue
Kant
Self-knowledge
24. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
human nature
Golden Mean
Ethics
artificial virtues
25. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
Whistle blowing
components of informed consent
heteronomy
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
26. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
Moral virtue
Deontologists
unconditional
nonconsequentialist normative theory
27. Self-mastery according to Kant
Thucydides
Courage
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
hypothetical imperatives
28. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
Enchiridion
Ethics of care
teleology
John Rawls
29. 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)
disclosure of information
Post conventional level
feminist ethics
justice
30. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation
stoic moral virtues
human nature
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Stage 5
31. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
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
David Hume
Doctrine of Right
paternalism
32. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Epictetus
Enchiridion
primary purpose of the Leviathan
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
33. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Standards of disclosure
Stage 2
Jeremy Bentham
34. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
John Rawls
consequentialists
hedonic calculus
teleology
35. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
John Rawls
hedonic calculus
Golden Mean
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
36. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
disclosure of information
Whistle blowing
St Thomas Aquinas
Courage
37. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
Moral virtue
distributive justice
Courage
rule utilitarianism
38. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
virtues
theory of justice as fairness
Puffery
Act utilitarianism
39. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Pre-conventional level
Jeremy Bentham
heteronomy
unconditional
40. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
seven features of pleasure
John Stuart Mill
Stage 6
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
41. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
Stage 1
conditional covenant
Eternal law
Puffery
42. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
Courage
Kant
The 3 branches of ethics
heteronomy
43. 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)
hypothetical imperatives
Stage 4
Leviathan
rule utilitarianism
44. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
disclosure of information
artificial virtues
Descriptive ethics
Stage 2
45. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
human nature
Courage
Standards of disclosure
Act utilitarianism
46. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
theonomy
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
St Thomas Aquinas
unconditional
47. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Ignorance
Thomas Hobbes
Conventional level
rule utilitarianism
48. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
Socrates
Ignorance
Leviathan
Utilitarianism
49. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control
Kant
Epictetus
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Utilitarianism
50. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
Courage
Stage 3
Thomas Hobbes
feminist ethics
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