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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
The Gospels
Stage 1
Enchiridion
Courage
2. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Consent Form
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
3. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Standard of Happiness
Standards of disclosure
unconditional
4. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Ignorance
John Rawls
motivational hedonism
5. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Act utilitarianism
Doctrine of Virtue
hedonic calculus
Stage 5
6. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
Post conventional level
Stage 3
Natural Law Theory
primary purpose of the Leviathan
7. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
hypothetical imperatives
Immanuel Kant
Epictetus
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
8. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Professional Code of Ethics
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
The 3 branches of ethics
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
9. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
Virtue
Ignorance
Epictetus
Ethics of care
10. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Virtue
Immanuel Kant
Conventional level
Stoic philosphy
11. 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
Courage
Standards of disclosure
paternalism
Puffery
12. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
corrective justice
motivational hedonism
Self-knowledge
Professional Code of Ethics
13. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
hypothetical imperatives
John Locke
Professional Code of Ethics
Jeremy Bentham
14. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
Deontology
Pre-conventional level
Doctrine of Right
Enchiridion
15. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements
Aristotle
Professional Code of Ethics
Stoic philosphy
Stage 5
16. 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
categorical imperatives
justice
normative ethics
divine command theory
17. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
corrective justice
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
covenant
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
18. Evidence of a valid consent
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Consent Form
rule utilitarianism
artificial virtues
19. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
John Rawls
Stage 3
Aristotle
normative hedonism
20. 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
Whistle blowing
social contract theory
meta-ethics
Virtue
21. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
Deontologists
informed consent
Act utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
22. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
consequentialists
Eternal law
heteronomy
23. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Stage 4
Pre-conventional level
Immanuel Kant
Stage 6
24. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
John Rawls
Deontologists
Plato
corrective justice
25. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
theonomy
hedonic calculus
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
26. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
artificial virtues
Stage 4
seven features of pleasure
motivational hedonism
27. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
conflict of interest
John Rawls
natural virtues
Ethics of care
28. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Consent Form
disclosure of information
nonconsequentialist normative theory
29. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
Ethics of care
Virtue
The Gospels
Moral virtue
30. 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
David Hume
distributive justice
Stage 4
hypothetical imperatives
31. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
Immanuel Kant
distributive justice
Natural Law Theory
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
32. 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)
conflict of interest
Stage 4
feminist ethics
motivational hedonism
33. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Utilitarianism
corrective justice
Post conventional level
34. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
Stage 4
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Thucydides
social contract theory
35. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
Consent Form
David Hume
seven features of pleasure
motivational hedonism
36. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
Puffery
feminist ethics
Stage 2
John Locke
37. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
Aristotle
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
unconditional
Virtue ethics
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
Enchiridion
Thomas Hobbes
theonomy
normative ethics
39. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
Stage 6
conditional covenant
Ethics
Courage
40. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Happiness
hypothetical imperatives
primary purpose of the Leviathan
theory of justice as fairness
41. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
John Rawls
retributive justice
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Whistle blowing
42. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
stoic moral virtues
Enchiridion
Courage
43. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
Utilitarianism
The 3 branches of ethics
Self-knowledge
motivational hedonism
44. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
Stage 6
covenant
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
45. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
Ethics
David Hume
Descriptive ethics
virtues
46. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
Stage 3
Courage
autonomy
components of informed consent
47. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
components of informed consent
informed consent
Stage 1
Utilitarianism
48. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
normative ethics
normative hedonism
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Stage 2
49. 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)
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Post conventional level
components of informed consent
retributive justice
50. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control
Kant
Deontology
virtues
Ethics of care