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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. 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






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






3. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason






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






5. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure






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






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






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






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






10. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






11. Self-mastery according to Kant






12. 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






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)






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






15. 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






16. Bad character traits






17. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people






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






19. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






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






21. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






23. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government






24. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something






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






26. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






27. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature






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






29. 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






30. To punish subjects who break the law






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






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






33. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?






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






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






36. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control






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






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






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






40. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






41. The first 5 books of the Old Testament






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






43. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






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






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






47. Says we should always do the will of God






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






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






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