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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Deontologists
Enchiridion
John Locke
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
2. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
Thucydides
normative ethics
justice
primary purpose of the Leviathan
3. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
Conventional level
Leviathan
Stage 2
Self-knowledge
4. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
normative hedonism
hypothetical imperatives
Jeremy Bentham
The 3 branches of ethics
5. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
Puffery
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Stage 2
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
6. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
Stage 5
Plato
virtues
retributive justice
7. 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
virtues
Deontology
Deontologists
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
8. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements
Stage 5
Conventional level
Stoic philosphy
Enchiridion
9. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
Utilitarianism
Virtue ethics
Stage 6
heteronomy
10. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
meta-ethics
distributive justice
Ethics of care
Standards of disclosure
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
nonconsequentialist normative theory
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
normative ethics
12. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
heteronomy
Stage 1
Socrates
stoic moral virtues
13. 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)
Stage 3
Stage 4
feminist ethics
corrective justice
14. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Happiness
Courage
social contract theory
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
15. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
informed consent
theonomy
Epictetus
Stage 6
16. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
Courage
Stoic philosphy
conflict of interest
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
17. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
hedonic calculus
divine command theory
categorical imperatives
Happiness
18. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Jeremy Bentham
Stage 6
seven features of pleasure
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
19. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
artificial virtues
divine command theory
heteronomy
seven features of pleasure
20. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
Moral virtue
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Eternal law
Standard of Happiness
21. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
virtues
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Professional Code of Ethics
conflict of interest
22. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
The Gospels
Vices
Immanuel Kant
Virtue
23. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
The 3 branches of ethics
retributive justice
Stage 1
Utilitarianism
24. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
theory of justice as fairness
Golden Mean
Natural Law Theory
Stage 4
25. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
meta-ethics
Conventional level
Aristotle
John Stuart Mill
26. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
The Gospels
St Thomas Aquinas
Ethics
Happiness
27. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
disclosure of information
distributive justice
consequentialists
Epictetus
28. 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)
Post conventional level
Happiness
Ignorance
John Stuart Mill
29. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
Self-knowledge
categorical imperatives
seven features of pleasure
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
30. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
social contract theory
virtues
Natural Law Theory
Thomas Hobbes
31. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
Ethics of care
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
The 3 branches of ethics
artificial virtues
32. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Ethics
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
Ignorance
covenant
33. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
Whistle blowing
theory of justice as fairness
Eternal law
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
34. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
John Locke
heteronomy
Ignorance
artificial virtues
35. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
theory of justice as fairness
justice
Post conventional level
conditional covenant
36. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
Stoic philosphy
rule utilitarianism
Natural Law Theory
disclosure of information
37. 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
Standard of Happiness
Ethics
David Hume
meta-ethics
38. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
corrective justice
Descriptive ethics
disclosure of information
Stage 5
39. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
Enchiridion
Deontology
Virtue ethics
The 3 branches of ethics
40. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
The 3 branches of ethics
Utilitarianism
Socrates
Courage
41. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
Doctrine of Right
Pre-conventional level
The Books of Law
nonconsequentialist normative theory
42. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
The Gospels
motivational hedonism
Standards of disclosure
43. To punish subjects who break the law
St Thomas Aquinas
normative ethics
Doctrine of Right
primary purpose of the Leviathan
44. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
Standard of Happiness
Consent Form
divine command theory
stoic moral virtues
45. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
Stage 3
Deontology
nonconsequentialist normative theory
The Gospels
46. 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
Immanuel Kant
categorical imperatives
rule utilitarianism
Epictetus
47. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Conventional level
teleology
Whistle blowing
48. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
consequentialists
theory of justice as fairness
normative ethics
Moral virtue
49. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
human nature
David Hume
Deontology
meta-ethics
50. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning