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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
teleology
corrective justice
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
John Stuart Mill
2. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
Kant
normative hedonism
normative ethics
Stage 3
3. 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
Ethics of care
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
4. Making exagerated claims about products
motivational hedonism
Act utilitarianism
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Puffery
5. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
Thucydides
feminist ethics
Self-knowledge
retributive justice
6. 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)
Courage
Self-knowledge
Leviathan
Stage 4
7. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Descriptive ethics
John Locke
Socrates
rule utilitarianism
8. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
Natural Law Theory
Immanuel Kant
Puffery
Jeremy Bentham
9. 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
distributive justice
covenant
Doctrine of Right
10. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
categorical imperatives
virtues
Ignorance
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
11. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
Golden Mean
Pre-conventional level
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
categorical imperatives
12. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
Stage 1
hypothetical imperatives
Whistle blowing
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
13. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is
Deontology
hedonic calculus
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Act utilitarianism
14. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
components of informed consent
Post conventional level
Pre-conventional level
divine command theory
15. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Pre-conventional level
justice
Jeremy Bentham
feminist ethics
16. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
categorical imperatives
theory of justice as fairness
distributive justice
17. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation
Vices
paternalism
Puffery
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
18. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Doctrine of Virtue
hypothetical imperatives
Deontology
19. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Self-knowledge
Puffery
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
covenant
20. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Epictetus
divine command theory
Jeremy Bentham
hypothetical imperatives
21. 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
paternalism
Jeremy Bentham
John Rawls
meta-ethics
22. 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
Consent Form
Whistle blowing
human nature
23. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
Ethics
conditional covenant
Stage 3
Jeremy Bentham
24. 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
Doctrine of Virtue
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
St Thomas Aquinas
Stoic philosphy
25. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
distributive justice
Virtue ethics
unconditional
Deontology
26. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Virtue
human nature
Eternal law
27. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
Ethics
disclosure of information
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
heteronomy
28. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
Kant
artificial virtues
Enchiridion
Stage 4
29. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
St Thomas Aquinas
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
corrective justice
Thomas Hobbes
30. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Plato
Natural Law Theory
Deontologists
teleology
31. 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
Deontology
stoic moral virtues
rule utilitarianism
Ignorance
32. 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
Professional Code of Ethics
covenant
Leviathan
Epictetus
33. Evaluates people's actions and their moral character (it is concerned with the content of moral judgments or principles - rules - or theories that guide our actions and judgments - and the criteria for what is right or wrong- it argues for particular
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
John Stuart Mill
normative ethics
Deontology
34. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
Vices
The Gospels
Golden Mean
Puffery
35. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
Thomas Hobbes
virtues
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Leviathan
36. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
feminist ethics
Utilitarianism
justice
Epictetus
37. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Descriptive ethics
Stage 2
Stage 1
normative hedonism
38. The first 5 books of the Old Testament
Virtue
The Books of Law
hedonic calculus
hypothetical imperatives
39. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
consequentialists
Whistle blowing
divine command theory
Doctrine of Virtue
40. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
Descriptive ethics
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Ethics of care
Consent Form
41. 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
divine command theory
Thomas Hobbes
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
normative hedonism
42. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Epictetus
Ethics
Doctrine of Virtue
heteronomy
43. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
Stage 1
Doctrine of Virtue
theonomy
Thomas Hobbes
44. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
Vices
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Stage 6
Stage 3
45. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
David Hume
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
teleology
conflict of interest
46. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
corrective justice
paternalism
components of informed consent
Pre-conventional level
47. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
theory of justice as fairness
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
feminist ethics
Stoic philosphy
48. 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
rule utilitarianism
meta-ethics
David Hume
Doctrine of Virtue
49. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
autonomy
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
informed consent
50. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
normative hedonism
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Immanuel Kant