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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
Act utilitarianism
Stage 6
Doctrine of Virtue
Virtue
2. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
theonomy
Act utilitarianism
teleology
Aristotle
3. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
conflict of interest
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
St Thomas Aquinas
4. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
autonomy
Jeremy Bentham
Whistle blowing
John Stuart Mill
5. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
Stage 3
corrective justice
The Books of Law
Doctrine of Right
6. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Conventional level
rule utilitarianism
Pre-conventional level
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
7. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Moral virtue
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
teleology
8. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
disclosure of information
paternalism
heteronomy
Plato
9. 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)
motivational hedonism
The Books of Law
Post conventional level
meta-ethics
10. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Stoic philosphy
hedonic calculus
consequentialists
11. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
retributive justice
Stage 3
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Golden Mean
12. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
informed consent
hedonic calculus
Descriptive ethics
13. 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
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Immanuel Kant
feminist ethics
St Thomas Aquinas
14. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Leviathan
Courage
hedonic calculus
Enchiridion
15. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
Stage 5
consequentialists
hedonic calculus
Self-knowledge
16. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
stoic moral virtues
Vices
artificial virtues
Puffery
17. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
Doctrine of Virtue
feminist ethics
Deontologists
normative ethics
18. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Ethics of care
heteronomy
Stage 2
Plato
19. Self-mastery according to Kant
social contract theory
covenant
Courage
The Books of Law
20. 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
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
meta-ethics
feminist ethics
Self-knowledge
21. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
theory of justice as fairness
Kant
Doctrine of Right
covenant
22. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Happiness
components of informed consent
The Books of Law
theory of justice as fairness
23. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
Thucydides
social contract theory
Socrates
feminist ethics
24. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Conventional level
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
theonomy
25. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
social contract theory
virtues
conditional covenant
meta-ethics
26. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control
Kant
Courage
Stage 5
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
27. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Conventional level
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Socrates
Deontologists
28. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
corrective justice
hedonic calculus
social contract theory
The Gospels
29. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
Thucydides
St Thomas Aquinas
motivational hedonism
categorical imperatives
30. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
David Hume
Professional Code of Ethics
Standards of disclosure
virtues
31. The first 5 books of the Old Testament
disclosure of information
The Books of Law
Stage 5
normative hedonism
32. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
Eternal law
St Thomas Aquinas
hedonic calculus
conditional covenant
33. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Standards of disclosure
heteronomy
paternalism
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
34. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
Immanuel Kant
The 3 branches of ethics
hypothetical imperatives
Socrates
35. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
Aristotle
Socrates
Puffery
justice
36. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Standards of disclosure
human nature
consequentialists
37. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
John Rawls
autonomy
Post conventional level
Stage 5
38. Believes that all acts are ultimately self-serving - even when they seem benevolent - that in a state of nature - prior to any formation of government - humans would behave completely selfishly
retributive justice
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Post conventional level
Thomas Hobbes
39. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
human nature
Vices
Stage 2
components of informed consent
40. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning
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41. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
Utilitarianism
theonomy
Stage 2
rule utilitarianism
42. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
Standard of Happiness
informed consent
heteronomy
Ethics
43. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
Utilitarianism
components of informed consent
Immanuel Kant
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
44. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
seven features of pleasure
Virtue ethics
Self-knowledge
virtues
45. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
The Books of Law
Kant
Post conventional level
46. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
feminist ethics
Deontologists
distributive justice
hedonic calculus
47. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Standards of disclosure
John Rawls
Stage 4
48. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
paternalism
Plato
feminist ethics
The Gospels
49. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
artificial virtues
teleology
Utilitarianism
50. Making exagerated claims about products
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
theory of justice as fairness
Puffery
Utilitarianism
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