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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
virtues
teleology
Standard of Happiness
2. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
John Stuart Mill
Stage 1
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
John Rawls
3. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
Standard of Happiness
Immanuel Kant
informed consent
Plato
4. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
Epictetus
Stoic philosphy
St Thomas Aquinas
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
5. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
Act utilitarianism
justice
autonomy
Ethics of care
6. 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
paternalism
Epictetus
Ignorance
human nature
7. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
normative ethics
Jeremy Bentham
corrective justice
Consent Form
8. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
consequentialists
virtues
theory of justice as fairness
Ethics
9. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
Professional Code of Ethics
John Locke
meta-ethics
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
10. 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
justice
heteronomy
consequentialists
11. Self-mastery according to Kant
Ignorance
St Thomas Aquinas
Courage
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
12. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
Golden Mean
Stage 1
theory of justice as fairness
Deontology
13. 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
disclosure of information
justice
meta-ethics
normative hedonism
14. 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
justice
Natural Law Theory
teleology
15. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
normative ethics
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Standard of Happiness
Thucydides
16. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
corrective justice
Virtue ethics
human nature
Natural Law Theory
17. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
corrective justice
Immanuel Kant
Professional Code of Ethics
teleology
18. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
rule utilitarianism
components of informed consent
retributive justice
Puffery
19. 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
Golden Mean
retributive justice
Ethics of care
normative ethics
20. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
retributive justice
Conventional level
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
John Rawls
21. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
categorical imperatives
Puffery
feminist ethics
virtues
22. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Stage 2
John Stuart Mill
Deontologists
23. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
motivational hedonism
Stage 1
The Gospels
24. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
theonomy
rule utilitarianism
Thomas Hobbes
Aristotle
25. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Thomas Hobbes
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Plato
theory of justice as fairness
26. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
Socrates
corrective justice
paternalism
Stage 2
27. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
paternalism
Descriptive ethics
Conventional level
nonconsequentialist normative theory
28. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
covenant
rule utilitarianism
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Jeremy Bentham
29. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
distributive justice
John Stuart Mill
justice
paternalism
30. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
hypothetical imperatives
Stage 5
Happiness
Deontologists
31. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
unconditional
Conventional level
Happiness
Utilitarianism
32. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Epictetus
Ethics of care
Enchiridion
disclosure of information
33. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Doctrine of Virtue
Standards of disclosure
Jeremy Bentham
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
34. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
seven features of pleasure
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
hedonic calculus
35. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Professional Code of Ethics
heteronomy
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Immanuel Kant
36. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
conflict of interest
hedonic calculus
Doctrine of Right
John Locke
37. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
corrective justice
stoic moral virtues
autonomy
categorical imperatives
38. 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
components of informed consent
Deontology
St Thomas Aquinas
The Books of Law
39. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
The 3 branches of ethics
Conventional level
heteronomy
40. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
seven features of pleasure
normative hedonism
Stage 5
Pre-conventional level
41. Says we should always do the will of God
Stage 2
nonconsequentialist normative theory
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
social contract theory
42. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements
Stage 5
Ignorance
Happiness
Ethics
43. Advocates that moral values are relative to likely social consequences - we must act in a way as to help bring about the greatest good for the greatest number of people (Standard of Happiness)
The Gospels
Enchiridion
John Stuart Mill
Courage
44. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
normative ethics
John Stuart Mill
heteronomy
Happiness
45. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
Thomas Hobbes
conflict of interest
rule utilitarianism
natural virtues
46. 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
Act utilitarianism
Self-knowledge
Deontology
meta-ethics
47. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
seven features of pleasure
Doctrine of Right
Stage 5
Doctrine of Virtue
48. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
conditional covenant
St Thomas Aquinas
Leviathan
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
49. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
Stage 2
Leviathan
Ethics
Courage
50. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Stage 2
disclosure of information
Courage
social contract theory