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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess






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






3. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this






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


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






6. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






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






8. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






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






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






12. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss






13. 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)






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






15. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






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






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






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






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






20. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






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






22. Evidence of a valid consent






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements






31. To punish subjects who break the law






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






33. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






34. 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






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






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






37. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






38. 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






39. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued






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






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






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






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






44. Making exagerated claims about products






45. Self-mastery according to Kant






46. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






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






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






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






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