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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. 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)
social contract theory
Plato
conditional covenant
John Stuart Mill
2. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
The Gospels
distributive justice
informed consent
Doctrine of Right
3. 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
feminist ethics
Enchiridion
theonomy
Deontology
4. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Stage 4
justice
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
5. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
Leviathan
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
John Locke
disclosure of information
6. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
distributive justice
Stage 3
Act utilitarianism
motivational hedonism
7. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
Eternal law
divine command theory
Doctrine of Right
Stage 3
8. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Eternal law
divine command theory
Enchiridion
virtues
9. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
seven features of pleasure
Ethics of care
Stage 5
Stage 1
10. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
seven features of pleasure
theonomy
paternalism
hedonic calculus
11. 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
David Hume
justice
meta-ethics
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
12. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
social contract theory
hypothetical imperatives
Thucydides
Stage 2
13. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
rule utilitarianism
Aristotle
The Books of Law
John Rawls
14. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Aristotle
John Stuart Mill
David Hume
15. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
Stage 6
Immanuel Kant
distributive justice
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
16. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
Ethics
Conventional level
Deontologists
Doctrine of Right
17. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
Deontology
autonomy
Thucydides
normative hedonism
18. 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
normative ethics
informed consent
primary purpose of the Leviathan
virtues
19. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
artificial virtues
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
consequentialists
Stage 1
20. The first 5 books of the Old Testament
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
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
The Books of Law
Plato
21. To punish subjects who break the law
Plato
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Stoic philosphy
Virtue ethics
22. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
normative hedonism
Socrates
Natural Law Theory
Kant
23. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
consequentialists
Golden Mean
David Hume
24. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning
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25. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Thucydides
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Socrates
Ignorance
26. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
informed consent
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Stage 5
Courage
27. 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)
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Stage 6
Post conventional level
theonomy
28. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
feminist ethics
Deontologists
conditional covenant
Stage 1
29. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
covenant
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
primary purpose of the Leviathan
30. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
components of informed consent
Stage 5
St Thomas Aquinas
John Rawls
31. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
hypothetical imperatives
corrective justice
human nature
32. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
seven features of pleasure
normative hedonism
components of informed consent
St Thomas Aquinas
33. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Stage 5
teleology
Puffery
34. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
nonconsequentialist normative theory
hypothetical imperatives
theonomy
35. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
Pre-conventional level
social contract 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
Enchiridion
36. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
Ignorance
Natural Law Theory
Eternal law
Stoic philosphy
37. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
retributive justice
The 3 branches of ethics
Courage
38. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Stage 2
Virtue
John Rawls
Stage 1
39. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
Happiness
Eternal law
Socrates
Ignorance
40. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements
Doctrine of Right
Stage 5
Socrates
Stage 2
41. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Kant
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
hypothetical imperatives
theonomy
42. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
conflict of interest
Happiness
stoic moral virtues
Thomas Hobbes
43. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
Stage 6
autonomy
virtues
divine command theory
44. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Act utilitarianism
components of informed consent
Stoic philosphy
45. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
covenant
Descriptive ethics
natural virtues
retributive justice
46. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
theonomy
Eternal law
Natural Law Theory
Puffery
47. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
covenant
informed consent
Stage 2
heteronomy
48. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
Professional Code of Ethics
Whistle blowing
conditional covenant
virtues
49. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
Virtue
Socrates
rule utilitarianism
corrective justice
50. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Plato
Standards of disclosure
justice
seven features of pleasure