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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
hedonic calculus
Enchiridion
Leviathan
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
2. 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
St Thomas Aquinas
Stage 3
David Hume
Stage 2
3. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
distributive justice
Whistle blowing
Eternal law
4. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
natural virtues
Socrates
Plato
Professional Code of Ethics
5. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
nonconsequentialist normative theory
artificial virtues
Ignorance
theonomy
6. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
Aristotle
nonconsequentialist normative theory
conflict of interest
The 3 branches of ethics
7. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
Immanuel Kant
Puffery
Stage 5
The 3 branches of ethics
8. To punish subjects who break the law
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Virtue ethics
Courage
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
9. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
informed consent
Standards of disclosure
John Locke
10. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
Consent Form
Deontologists
components of informed consent
Epictetus
11. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
John Stuart Mill
rule utilitarianism
Stoic philosphy
12. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Deontology
primary purpose of the Leviathan
feminist ethics
Pre-conventional level
13. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
Deontologists
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Post conventional level
corrective justice
14. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
divine command theory
Thucydides
Deontology
theory of justice as fairness
15. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
rule utilitarianism
categorical imperatives
The 3 branches of ethics
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
16. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
meta-ethics
David Hume
theonomy
retributive justice
17. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
unconditional
conditional covenant
Doctrine of Right
components of informed consent
18. 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)
seven features of pleasure
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Act utilitarianism
Stage 4
19. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
Doctrine of Right
Conventional level
Whistle blowing
Descriptive ethics
20. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
David Hume
hedonic calculus
Act utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
21. Bad character traits
Courage
Vices
conditional covenant
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
22. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
Thomas Hobbes
Golden Mean
autonomy
seven features of pleasure
23. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
Eternal law
Descriptive ethics
categorical imperatives
Moral virtue
24. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
Standard of Happiness
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
nonconsequentialist normative theory
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
25. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
motivational hedonism
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
disclosure of information
Moral virtue
26. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
hypothetical imperatives
Courage
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
social contract theory
27. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
normative ethics
Ethics of care
Happiness
Natural Law Theory
28. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
artificial virtues
heteronomy
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
29. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
John Rawls
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
John Stuart Mill
Courage
30. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning
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31. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
Thomas Hobbes
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
justice
Utilitarianism
32. 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
conflict of interest
St Thomas Aquinas
virtues
Deontologists
33. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
Pre-conventional level
hedonic calculus
John Rawls
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
34. 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
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Thomas Hobbes
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
categorical imperatives
35. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
In nature - everything has a purpose; nature and its moral laws are knowable through common sense and reason; since every living thing has a nature that is appropriate to the kind of thing it is - failure to develop this nature to its fullest is an i
components of informed consent
Whistle blowing
categorical imperatives
36. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
Doctrine of Virtue
John Locke
social contract theory
Thomas Hobbes
37. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Act utilitarianism
teleology
Deontology
38. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
Vices
normative hedonism
St Thomas Aquinas
The Gospels
39. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
heteronomy
divine command theory
John Stuart Mill
Ethics
40. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
Thomas Hobbes
Stage 3
stoic moral virtues
corrective justice
41. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
covenant
Socrates
Pre-conventional level
Ethics of care
42. Making exagerated claims about products
Puffery
Immanuel Kant
Moral virtue
Deontology
43. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
motivational hedonism
normative ethics
Post conventional level
retributive justice
44. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
The Books of Law
disclosure of information
informed consent
human nature
45. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
John Stuart Mill
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Virtue
normative hedonism
46. 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)
The 3 branches of ethics
rule utilitarianism
theonomy
Post conventional level
47. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
Happiness
Ethics
divine command theory
conflict of interest
48. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Socrates
In nature - everything has a purpose; nature and its moral laws are knowable through common sense and reason; since every living thing has a nature that is appropriate to the kind of thing it is - failure to develop this nature to its fullest is an i
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
justice
49. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
St Thomas Aquinas
artificial virtues
Leviathan
Vices
50. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
Virtue ethics
Stoic philosphy
Ethics
virtues