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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation
Aristotle
David Hume
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
2. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
components of informed consent
disclosure of information
Epictetus
Jeremy Bentham
3. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
Stage 6
Stage 4
normative ethics
categorical imperatives
4. 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
natural virtues
informed consent
seven features of pleasure
5. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
Doctrine of Right
Thucydides
categorical imperatives
Aristotle
6. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
Thucydides
Natural Law Theory
unconditional
Puffery
7. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
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
virtues
David Hume
8. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Pre-conventional level
rule utilitarianism
Ignorance
retributive justice
9. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
Professional Code of Ethics
Standard of Happiness
Epictetus
hypothetical imperatives
10. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Virtue
teleology
disclosure of information
Pre-conventional level
11. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
unconditional
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Kant
Socrates
12. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
Doctrine of Right
Act utilitarianism
The Gospels
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
13. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
The Books of Law
Jeremy Bentham
virtues
The Gospels
14. 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
meta-ethics
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
teleology
15. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
conflict of interest
consequentialists
normative hedonism
feminist ethics
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
Professional Code of Ethics
Consent Form
meta-ethics
divine command theory
17. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
Epictetus
Doctrine of Virtue
Vices
hypothetical imperatives
18. Says we should always do the will of God
categorical imperatives
Natural Law Theory
nonconsequentialist normative theory
normative ethics
19. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
seven features of pleasure
Pre-conventional level
Self-knowledge
Stage 6
20. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Conventional level
Stage 3
paternalism
corrective justice
21. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
rule utilitarianism
natural virtues
Ignorance
22. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
teleology
Plato
Vices
23. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Act utilitarianism
Enchiridion
artificial virtues
24. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
stoic moral virtues
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Eternal law
conflict of interest
25. 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)
paternalism
Happiness
autonomy
John Stuart Mill
26. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
Stage 1
Conventional level
Moral virtue
Jeremy Bentham
27. Self-mastery according to Kant
Aristotle
Courage
Puffery
Whistle blowing
28. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
social contract theory
Post conventional level
normative hedonism
David Hume
29. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
seven features of pleasure
Happiness
theory of justice as fairness
Standards of disclosure
30. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
theonomy
St Thomas Aquinas
Eternal law
Golden Mean
31. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
divine command theory
Stage 2
conditional covenant
32. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
nonconsequentialist normative theory
corrective justice
normative ethics
33. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
distributive justice
corrective justice
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
retributive justice
34. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
Stage 6
Conventional level
Act utilitarianism
Golden Mean
35. Making exagerated claims about products
Courage
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Puffery
human nature
36. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
Utilitarianism
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
hypothetical imperatives
37. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
Ethics of care
Whistle blowing
Descriptive ethics
motivational hedonism
38. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
Epictetus
Act utilitarianism
Deontologists
Stage 1
39. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
Immanuel Kant
Courage
rule utilitarianism
distributive justice
40. 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
St Thomas Aquinas
Vices
covenant
Epictetus
41. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
Act utilitarianism
Stage 3
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Epictetus
42. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
Standard of Happiness
Ethics of care
Jeremy Bentham
autonomy
43. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
seven features of pleasure
meta-ethics
feminist ethics
virtues
44. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
Post conventional level
Stoic philosphy
divine command theory
Plato
45. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
theonomy
normative ethics
John Locke
46. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
feminist ethics
Conventional level
theory of justice as fairness
conflict of interest
47. Bad character traits
Vices
seven features of pleasure
Whistle blowing
paternalism
48. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
divine command theory
Aristotle
Whistle blowing
Moral virtue
49. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
Utilitarianism
conditional covenant
covenant
Deontology
50. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
Professional Code of Ethics
Aristotle
components of informed consent
stoic moral virtues