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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






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






3. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






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






6. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society






7. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






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






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






17. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament






18. 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






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






20. 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)






21. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






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






23. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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)






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






34. Says we should always do the will of God






35. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)






36. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule






37. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature






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






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






40. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment






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






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






50. 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






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