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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
stoic moral virtues
Thomas Hobbes
Self-knowledge
Courage
2. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Pre-conventional level
divine command theory
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Ignorance
3. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
Stage 3
teleology
Plato
conflict of interest
4. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
Leviathan
Standard of Happiness
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Golden Mean
5. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
Deontology
conditional covenant
Self-knowledge
Whistle blowing
6. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
Stage 2
meta-ethics
Doctrine of Right
normative ethics
7. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Conventional level
Deontology
Jeremy Bentham
Plato
8. 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
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
unconditional
Deontology
John Rawls
9. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
Puffery
normative ethics
Enchiridion
motivational hedonism
10. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
teleology
Standards of disclosure
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Stage 2
11. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
theory of justice as fairness
justice
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
12. Evidence of a valid consent
Consent Form
conflict of interest
Deontology
Thomas Hobbes
13. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
Professional Code of Ethics
The 3 branches of ethics
Ethics of care
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
14. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
feminist ethics
hypothetical imperatives
Stage 6
Stoic philosphy
15. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
Stage 3
conflict of interest
autonomy
John Locke
16. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
Moral virtue
disclosure of information
retributive justice
Ethics of care
17. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Descriptive ethics
Enchiridion
social contract theory
Aristotle
18. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
Puffery
stoic moral virtues
Professional Code of Ethics
Kant
19. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
Virtue
Stage 5
Ignorance
social contract theory
20. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
hypothetical imperatives
Plato
theonomy
Ignorance
21. 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
paternalism
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Pre-conventional level
22. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Stage 1
Pre-conventional level
human nature
Stage 3
23. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
Happiness
Act utilitarianism
Conventional level
meta-ethics
24. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
informed consent
Descriptive ethics
St Thomas Aquinas
Standard of Happiness
25. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
autonomy
Aristotle
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Ethics
26. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
St Thomas Aquinas
Courage
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
divine command theory
27. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
Natural Law Theory
covenant
Puffery
virtues
28. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
virtues
Descriptive ethics
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Ethics of care
29. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
Moral virtue
Post conventional level
artificial virtues
natural virtues
30. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
Professional Code of Ethics
Doctrine of Right
The Books of Law
Stage 6
31. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
John Stuart Mill
Moral virtue
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
David Hume
32. 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
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Consent Form
meta-ethics
Standard of Happiness
33. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
informed consent
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Deontologists
34. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
stoic moral virtues
normative hedonism
disclosure of information
Virtue
35. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
Moral virtue
Utilitarianism
Descriptive ethics
Stage 6
36. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Deontologists
theonomy
The 3 branches of ethics
37. Bad character traits
corrective justice
Vices
retributive justice
St Thomas Aquinas
38. To punish subjects who break the law
disclosure of information
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Vices
Ignorance
39. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
hedonic calculus
Ignorance
seven features of pleasure
Conventional level
40. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Descriptive ethics
Stage 3
rule utilitarianism
Virtue ethics
41. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is
Virtue ethics
Utilitarianism
disclosure of information
hedonic calculus
42. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
normative hedonism
The Gospels
Kant
meta-ethics
43. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Doctrine of Virtue
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
natural virtues
rule utilitarianism
44. 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
Post conventional level
nonconsequentialist normative theory
paternalism
theonomy
45. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
informed consent
Post conventional level
Jeremy Bentham
seven features of pleasure
46. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
Standard of Happiness
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Pre-conventional level
conflict of interest
47. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
The 3 branches of ethics
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Stage 1
Deontologists
48. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
Immanuel Kant
virtues
Professional Code of Ethics
theory of justice as fairness
49. Self-mastery according to Kant
Moral virtue
Courage
Vices
Eternal law
50. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning