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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Self-mastery according to Kant






2. Bad character traits






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






4. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






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






6. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






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






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






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






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






11. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






12. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess






13. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task






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






21. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something






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






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






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






25. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






26. 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)






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






28. Says we should always do the will of God






29. Evidence of a valid consent






30. 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






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






32. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






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






34. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life






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






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






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






38. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






39. Making exagerated claims about products






40. 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






41. 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






42. The first 5 books of the Old Testament






43. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






44. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






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






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


48. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment






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






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