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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command






2. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






4. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






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






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






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






8. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






9. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions






10. Evidence of a valid consent






11. 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)






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






13. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






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






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






17. Making exagerated claims about products






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness






26. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society






27. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






28. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






29. Name the four authors of the Gospels






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






31. 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






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






33. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment






34. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning

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35. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue






44. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task






45. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






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






47. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)






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






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






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