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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent






2. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this






3. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule






4. 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






5. Self-mastery according to Kant






6. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride






7. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly






8. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved






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






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






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






12. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment






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






14. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






15. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism






16. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional






17. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






19. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)






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






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






22. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good






23. 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)






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






25. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue






26. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are






27. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






28. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






29. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve






30. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






32. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives






33. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






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






35. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued






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






37. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






38. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.






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






40. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness






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






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






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






44. Bad character traits






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






46. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced






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






48. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence






49. 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






50. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude