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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning


2. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul






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






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






5. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion






6. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






8. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal






9. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard






10. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






12. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness






13. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern






14. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this






15. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






16. Name the four authors of the Gospels






17. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






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






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






20. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent






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






22. The first 5 books of the Old Testament






23. Evidence of a valid consent






24. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






25. Self-mastery according to Kant






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






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






28. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






29. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed






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






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






32. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions






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






34. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision






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






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






37. 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)






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






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






40. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens






41. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess






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






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






44. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy






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






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






47. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue






48. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God






49. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command






50. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism