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DSST Ethics In America 2
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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
divine command theory
St Thomas Aquinas
Descriptive ethics
Standard of Happiness
2. 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
Standard of Happiness
autonomy
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Epictetus
3. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
Stage 3
John Locke
Doctrine of Virtue
Epictetus
4. 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
Vices
meta-ethics
seven features of pleasure
Pre-conventional level
5. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
informed consent
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
normative hedonism
6. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
John Locke
Aristotle
meta-ethics
Act utilitarianism
7. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
components of informed consent
David Hume
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
distributive justice
8. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
artificial virtues
hypothetical imperatives
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
Thomas Hobbes
9. Says we should always do the will of God
The 3 branches of ethics
divine command theory
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Stage 5
10. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
Moral virtue
Puffery
teleology
Golden Mean
11. 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
Thomas Hobbes
John Rawls
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Virtue ethics
12. 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
Natural Law Theory
rule utilitarianism
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
David Hume
13. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
corrective justice
Consent Form
John Stuart Mill
Ignorance
14. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Pre-conventional level
stoic moral virtues
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
normative hedonism
15. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Conventional level
Standards of disclosure
John Locke
divine command theory
16. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Post conventional level
Stoic philosphy
Stage 2
Enchiridion
17. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
justice
meta-ethics
Aristotle
Thucydides
18. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
natural virtues
Whistle blowing
hypothetical imperatives
Stage 2
19. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
artificial virtues
Stage 2
divine command theory
Natural Law Theory
20. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
Professional Code of Ethics
Aristotle
Standard of Happiness
hedonic calculus
21. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
consequentialists
rule utilitarianism
Deontology
St Thomas Aquinas
22. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
Epictetus
Ethics
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Courage
23. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
Self-knowledge
Immanuel Kant
The Books of Law
autonomy
24. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
divine command theory
The Books of Law
Jeremy Bentham
hedonic calculus
25. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
distributive justice
Professional Code of Ethics
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Stage 6
26. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
divine command theory
retributive justice
feminist ethics
Utilitarianism
27. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
Socrates
Enchiridion
Stoic philosphy
social contract theory
28. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
consequentialists
Jeremy Bentham
social contract theory
Stage 1
29. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
categorical imperatives
artificial virtues
disclosure of information
Utilitarianism
30. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
Self-knowledge
Socrates
Stage 4
Ethics of care
31. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
motivational hedonism
Vices
Thucydides
feminist ethics
32. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
Eternal law
The Gospels
Leviathan
categorical imperatives
33. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
human nature
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
Act utilitarianism
Moral virtue
34. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
Thucydides
rule utilitarianism
Virtue
Eternal law
35. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
meta-ethics
Epictetus
Stage 1
theory of justice as fairness
36. 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
Stage 5
Stage 2
St Thomas Aquinas
Doctrine of Right
37. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
David Hume
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
corrective justice
covenant
38. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
Stage 1
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Golden Mean
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
39. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Utilitarianism
conflict of interest
Descriptive ethics
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
40. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
categorical imperatives
Leviathan
human nature
feminist ethics
41. 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
stoic moral virtues
theonomy
John Stuart Mill
42. 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)
hypothetical imperatives
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
conflict of interest
Post conventional level
43. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
rule utilitarianism
conditional covenant
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jeremy Bentham
44. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
paternalism
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
covenant
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
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
meta-ethics
Deontology
Stage 3
Epictetus
46. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
Plato
Deontologists
consequentialists
Doctrine of Virtue
47. Self-mastery according to Kant
Courage
Doctrine of Virtue
Deontology
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
48. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
conflict of interest
Professional Code of Ethics
Standard of Happiness
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
49. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Utilitarianism
Enchiridion
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
Doctrine of Virtue
50. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
Self-knowledge