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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Making exagerated claims about products






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






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






4. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)






5. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.






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






7. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are






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






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






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






11. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






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






13. Bad character traits






14. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






16. 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






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






18. To punish subjects who break the law






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






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






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






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






23. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






24. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people






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






26. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






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






28. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace






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






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






31. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






37. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






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






39. 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






40. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system






41. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






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






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






44. The first 5 books of the Old Testament






45. 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






46. Says we should always do the will of God






47. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






48. 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)






49. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas






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