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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. 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)
Post conventional level
Vices
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
2. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
Golden Mean
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Aristotle
heteronomy
3. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
Conventional level
Utilitarianism
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
4. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is
Whistle blowing
hedonic calculus
Happiness
Post conventional level
5. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
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
hedonic calculus
disclosure of information
Deontologists
6. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
Stage 1
Ethics of care
consequentialists
Epictetus
7. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Enchiridion
Stage 3
Virtue
The 3 branches of ethics
8. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
components of informed consent
Immanuel Kant
rule utilitarianism
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
9. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
Kant
Aristotle
Ethics of care
Golden Mean
10. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
Virtue ethics
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Stoic philosphy
Stage 6
11. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
John Stuart Mill
Thucydides
Kant
artificial virtues
12. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
teleology
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Natural Law Theory
John Rawls
13. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
hypothetical imperatives
meta-ethics
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
stoic moral virtues
14. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
categorical imperatives
Doctrine of Right
Leviathan
Eternal law
15. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
normative hedonism
nonconsequentialist normative theory
paternalism
Immanuel Kant
16. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
Socrates
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Golden Mean
Ethics of care
17. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
The 3 branches of ethics
stoic moral virtues
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Immanuel Kant
18. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
Pre-conventional level
Kant
theonomy
Deontologists
19. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
Deontologists
The Books of Law
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Puffery
20. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Puffery
Doctrine of Virtue
David Hume
Deontology
21. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
consequentialists
The 3 branches of ethics
Descriptive ethics
Thomas Hobbes
22. Making exagerated claims about products
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Puffery
Ethics of care
paternalism
23. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
Professional Code of Ethics
Plato
Eternal law
feminist ethics
24. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
Stage 4
The Gospels
feminist ethics
covenant
25. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
Leviathan
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Virtue ethics
John Stuart Mill
26. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
Standards of disclosure
Deontologists
categorical imperatives
Moral virtue
27. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
autonomy
theory of justice as fairness
informed consent
Moral virtue
28. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
primary purpose of the Leviathan
justice
Utilitarianism
29. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
heteronomy
Self-knowledge
autonomy
hypothetical imperatives
30. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
Stage 1
Standard of Happiness
St Thomas Aquinas
disclosure of information
31. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
corrective justice
Deontology
John Locke
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
32. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
The 3 branches of ethics
Standards of disclosure
disclosure of information
Aristotle
33. 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)
distributive justice
components of informed consent
Stage 4
rule utilitarianism
34. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Descriptive ethics
Utilitarianism
Standards of disclosure
primary purpose of the Leviathan
35. 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
conflict of interest
disclosure of information
Doctrine of Virtue
David Hume
36. 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
paternalism
Stage 6
covenant
Stage 1
37. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
disclosure of information
The Gospels
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Plato
38. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
corrective justice
hedonic calculus
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
categorical imperatives
39. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
motivational hedonism
John Rawls
Thomas Hobbes
Consent Form
40. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
conditional covenant
Kant
feminist ethics
John Rawls
41. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
stoic moral virtues
John Rawls
corrective justice
hedonic calculus
42. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
Natural Law Theory
informed consent
theonomy
Ethics of care
43. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
corrective justice
Vices
Natural Law Theory
John Stuart Mill
44. To punish subjects who break the law
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Act utilitarianism
virtues
primary purpose of the Leviathan
45. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
corrective justice
consequentialists
heteronomy
conditional covenant
46. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
Happiness
Thucydides
conflict of interest
primary purpose of the Leviathan
47. 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
unconditional
St Thomas Aquinas
Ethics
meta-ethics
48. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
Virtue
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
conditional covenant
Virtue ethics
49. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
artificial virtues
Consent Form
John Rawls
Doctrine of Virtue
50. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Stoic philosphy
Stage 2
Plato
disclosure of information