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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
John Stuart Mill
stoic moral virtues
informed consent
Ethics of care
2. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Professional Code of Ethics
Deontologists
John Stuart Mill
Stage 2
3. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
Stage 6
Post conventional level
Virtue ethics
divine command theory
4. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Epictetus
unconditional
Stage 2
disclosure of information
5. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
Ethics of care
conditional covenant
human nature
The Books of Law
6. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
Ignorance
virtues
Doctrine of Right
Thomas Hobbes
7. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
autonomy
Ethics of care
conditional covenant
David Hume
8. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
retributive justice
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
theonomy
primary purpose of the Leviathan
9. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
disclosure of information
retributive justice
Socrates
Moral virtue
10. Says we should always do the will of God
Standards of disclosure
nonconsequentialist normative theory
meta-ethics
Doctrine of Right
11. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Happiness
Standards of disclosure
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
12. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is
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
Standards of disclosure
Immanuel Kant
hedonic calculus
13. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
Utilitarianism
consequentialists
nonconsequentialist normative theory
conditional covenant
14. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Plato
Enchiridion
stoic moral virtues
Standard of Happiness
15. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
natural virtues
Act utilitarianism
human nature
categorical imperatives
16. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
St Thomas Aquinas
stoic moral virtues
Aristotle
disclosure of information
17. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
nonconsequentialist normative theory
seven features of pleasure
Self-knowledge
autonomy
18. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Natural Law Theory
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Ignorance
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
19. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
Stage 6
distributive justice
The Gospels
consequentialists
20. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
Ethics
Thomas Hobbes
Standard of Happiness
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
21. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control
Kant
Eternal law
paternalism
Virtue
22. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
human nature
Stage 2
Stage 6
heteronomy
23. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
Plato
Doctrine of Virtue
Aristotle
informed consent
24. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
nonconsequentialist normative theory
motivational hedonism
Ignorance
Whistle blowing
25. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
components of informed consent
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The 3 branches of ethics
Golden Mean
26. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
unconditional
Standards of disclosure
Consent Form
teleology
27. 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
Doctrine of Right
paternalism
The Books of Law
Epictetus
28. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
Virtue
teleology
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
unconditional
29. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
Eternal law
normative hedonism
primary purpose of the Leviathan
distributive justice
30. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Thucydides
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The 3 branches of ethics
31. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
components of informed consent
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
nonconsequentialist normative theory
32. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
Pre-conventional level
Descriptive ethics
justice
divine command theory
33. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
theonomy
Act utilitarianism
conflict of interest
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
34. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
corrective justice
Vices
hedonic calculus
motivational hedonism
35. 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
John Stuart Mill
Natural Law Theory
Stoic philosphy
David Hume
36. Evidence of a valid consent
Stage 2
unconditional
Consent Form
natural virtues
37. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
theonomy
Eternal law
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
normative ethics
38. 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
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
John Stuart Mill
unconditional
39. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
informed consent
Professional Code of Ethics
Leviathan
40. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
divine command theory
normative hedonism
David Hume
virtues
41. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
teleology
Plato
social contract theory
Courage
42. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
heteronomy
Descriptive ethics
motivational hedonism
Doctrine of Virtue
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)
seven features of pleasure
Stage 4
Ignorance
Utilitarianism
44. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
theory of justice as fairness
informed consent
heteronomy
Stage 6
45. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
Immanuel Kant
The Books of Law
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
John Rawls
46. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Post conventional level
Utilitarianism
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
47. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
corrective justice
Deontologists
consequentialists
Golden Mean
48. 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
The Books of Law
The 3 branches of ethics
Ethics
49. 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)
Post conventional level
Doctrine of Virtue
social contract theory
Pre-conventional level
50. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
paternalism
divine command theory
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
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from