Test your basic knowledge |

DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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)






2. 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






3. Evidence of a valid consent






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






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






6. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Says we should always do the will of God






12. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is






13. To punish subjects who break the law






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






15. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






17. The first 5 books of the Old Testament






18. 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)






19. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason






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






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






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






23. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism






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






25. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude






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






27. Making exagerated claims about products






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






43. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God






44. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people






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






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






47. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced






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






49. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this






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