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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
retributive justice
unconditional
Stage 3
Enchiridion
2. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements
Stage 5
informed consent
Leviathan
components of informed consent
3. 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
covenant
Natural Law Theory
St Thomas Aquinas
rule utilitarianism
4. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
distributive justice
theory of justice as fairness
normative ethics
5. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation
Self-knowledge
consequentialists
Utilitarianism
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
6. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
Puffery
Jeremy Bentham
artificial virtues
John Locke
7. Says we should always do the will of God
retributive justice
hedonic calculus
John Stuart Mill
nonconsequentialist normative theory
8. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
Socrates
teleology
Standard of Happiness
consequentialists
9. Bad character traits
autonomy
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Vices
justice
10. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
normative hedonism
distributive justice
Epictetus
Happiness
11. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
normative hedonism
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
normative ethics
Stoic philosphy
12. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
Immanuel Kant
Stage 4
Stage 1
artificial virtues
13. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
unconditional
Vices
theonomy
virtues
14. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Stage 1
conditional covenant
St Thomas Aquinas
Doctrine of Virtue
15. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
human nature
Ignorance
components of informed consent
Jeremy Bentham
16. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Happiness
Self-knowledge
Pre-conventional level
Ignorance
17. 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
Enchiridion
David Hume
Stoic philosphy
Stage 6
18. Evidence of a valid consent
Deontology
hedonic calculus
Consent Form
Deontologists
19. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Plato
St Thomas Aquinas
disclosure of information
20. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
corrective justice
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
distributive justice
stoic moral virtues
21. 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
Deontology
The 3 branches of ethics
Deontologists
Thomas Hobbes
22. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
John Locke
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
Stage 3
23. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
Self-knowledge
The 3 branches of ethics
Stage 5
Happiness
24. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Jeremy Bentham
nonconsequentialist normative theory
consequentialists
Eternal law
25. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
Professional Code of Ethics
John Rawls
Descriptive ethics
Leviathan
26. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
Utilitarianism
informed consent
categorical imperatives
Vices
27. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Enchiridion
normative hedonism
Act utilitarianism
28. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
The 3 branches of ethics
The Books of Law
Eternal law
David Hume
29. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning
30. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
natural virtues
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
The Books of Law
social contract theory
31. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
hypothetical imperatives
Pre-conventional level
Plato
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
32. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
Utilitarianism
social contract theory
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
seven features of pleasure
33. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
disclosure of information
normative hedonism
Vices
theory of justice as fairness
34. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
Puffery
natural virtues
heteronomy
consequentialists
35. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
Leviathan
Eternal law
autonomy
Thomas Hobbes
36. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Doctrine of Right
Descriptive ethics
divine command theory
Act utilitarianism
37. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
Conventional level
Epictetus
Aristotle
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
38. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
The Gospels
theory of justice as fairness
Virtue ethics
Natural Law Theory
39. 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 1
Stage 4
Ethics
Aristotle
40. 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
Descriptive ethics
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
normative ethics
Pre-conventional level
41. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
stoic moral virtues
motivational hedonism
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
Post conventional level
42. 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
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Conventional level
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
paternalism
43. 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)
John Stuart Mill
Virtue ethics
seven features of pleasure
Enchiridion
44. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
Stage 4
covenant
conflict of interest
theonomy
45. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
components of informed consent
Happiness
conflict of interest
Stage 5
46. 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
John Locke
Deontology
Doctrine of Right
Stage 4
47. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
theonomy
Conventional level
Doctrine of Virtue
Enchiridion
48. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
conditional covenant
Stage 3
Enchiridion
Aristotle
49. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Stage 1
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
50. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
Descriptive ethics
Act utilitarianism
stoic moral virtues
Standards of disclosure