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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people






2. Self-mastery according to Kant






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






4. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness






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






6. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens






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






8. 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)






9. Says we should always do the will of God






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






11. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






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






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






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






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






16. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride






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






18. Evidence of a valid consent






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






20. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






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






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






23. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






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






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






26. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






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






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






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






31. Name the four authors of the Gospels






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






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






34. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Advocates that moral values are relative to likely social consequences - we must act in a way as to help bring about the greatest good for the greatest number of people (Standard of Happiness)






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






42. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government






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






44. Making exagerated claims about products






45. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






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






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






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






49. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good






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