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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






2. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






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






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






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






7. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






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






9. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people






10. Evaluates people's actions and their moral character (it is concerned with the content of moral judgments or principles - rules - or theories that guide our actions and judgments - and the criteria for what is right or wrong- it argues for particular






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






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






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






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






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

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






17. To punish subjects who break the law






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






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






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






22. 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)






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






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






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






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






27. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






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






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






30. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






31. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






33. 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






34. Former slave who received an education in the doctrine of Stoic philosophy - believed ethical wisdom can be obtained by keeping a moral purpose in harmony with nature






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






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






37. Bad character traits






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






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






40. Evidence of a valid consent






41. Name the four authors of the Gospels






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern






49. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






50. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics