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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
Stage 2
Self-knowledge
The Gospels
hedonic calculus
2. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
Ethics of care
Epictetus
Puffery
John Stuart Mill
3. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
John Rawls
Moral virtue
Immanuel Kant
Doctrine of Virtue
4. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
Ethics
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Jeremy Bentham
autonomy
5. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Consent Form
Doctrine of Virtue
Stage 2
hedonic calculus
6. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
normative ethics
human nature
theory of justice as fairness
informed consent
7. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
human nature
Thomas Hobbes
Ignorance
8. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
Whistle blowing
social contract theory
Natural Law Theory
retributive justice
9. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
normative ethics
teleology
virtues
Enchiridion
10. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
John Rawls
The 3 branches of ethics
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Virtue ethics
11. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
Moral virtue
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
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
distributive justice
12. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
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
virtues
Deontologists
informed consent
13. Making exagerated claims about products
David Hume
conflict of interest
autonomy
Puffery
14. Self-mastery according to Kant
Stage 1
Stage 5
Whistle blowing
Courage
15. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Descriptive ethics
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
John Locke
16. 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)
consequentialists
Ethics
The Gospels
Stage 4
17. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
Conventional level
Thucydides
social contract theory
Enchiridion
18. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
theory of justice as fairness
Standard of Happiness
John Locke
Standards of disclosure
19. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
Aristotle
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
stoic moral virtues
artificial virtues
20. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
Thucydides
John Locke
covenant
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
21. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
paternalism
Thomas Hobbes
Deontologists
Utilitarianism
22. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
Socrates
feminist ethics
retributive justice
Golden Mean
23. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
Eternal law
stoic moral virtues
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
24. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Aristotle
The 3 branches of ethics
corrective justice
25. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
Jeremy Bentham
corrective justice
Moral virtue
Whistle blowing
26. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
The Gospels
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Doctrine of Virtue
27. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
Pre-conventional level
categorical imperatives
Courage
John Rawls
28. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
Stage 6
components of informed consent
seven features of pleasure
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
29. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
rule utilitarianism
St Thomas Aquinas
feminist ethics
Self-knowledge
30. 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
natural virtues
normative ethics
Thucydides
St Thomas Aquinas
31. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
Natural Law Theory
Thucydides
Doctrine of Virtue
Jeremy Bentham
32. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
theonomy
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Courage
natural virtues
33. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
Happiness
Stage 2
components of informed consent
theory of justice as fairness
34. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
conflict of interest
Consent Form
heteronomy
The 3 branches of ethics
35. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
components of informed consent
hypothetical imperatives
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Thucydides
36. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
Virtue
human nature
David Hume
retributive justice
37. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
Stage 3
Professional Code of Ethics
Act utilitarianism
Eternal law
38. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
consequentialists
Descriptive ethics
John Locke
Kant
39. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
Stage 3
Stage 1
Eternal law
categorical imperatives
40. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Plato
primary purpose of the Leviathan
John Locke
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
41. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
Virtue ethics
The Books of Law
Stage 3
Consent Form
42. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Aristotle
Kant
distributive justice
Standards of disclosure
43. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
The 3 branches of ethics
Golden Mean
unconditional
justice
44. 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
Puffery
Vices
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
45. 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
Eternal law
Stage 5
paternalism
Virtue ethics
46. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
normative hedonism
motivational hedonism
meta-ethics
47. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
Ethics of care
Stoic philosphy
Eternal law
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
48. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
covenant
meta-ethics
distributive justice
John Rawls
49. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
teleology
Self-knowledge
Doctrine of Virtue
Virtue
50. Evidence of a valid consent
conditional covenant
Jeremy Bentham
Consent Form
informed consent