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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
Eternal law
components of informed consent
The 3 branches of ethics
Virtue
2. Making exagerated claims about products
Puffery
Leviathan
John Rawls
Consent Form
3. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Happiness
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
nonconsequentialist normative theory
unconditional
4. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
distributive justice
teleology
consequentialists
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
5. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
Stage 6
stoic moral virtues
Virtue
Vices
6. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
categorical imperatives
human nature
Deontology
nonconsequentialist normative theory
7. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
Doctrine of Virtue
covenant
Pre-conventional level
nonconsequentialist normative theory
8. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Conventional level
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Ignorance
Act utilitarianism
9. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
Leviathan
John Locke
feminist ethics
theonomy
10. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
Natural Law Theory
motivational hedonism
Thucydides
Utilitarianism
11. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
normative hedonism
informed consent
natural virtues
Natural Law Theory
12. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
motivational hedonism
Natural Law Theory
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
artificial virtues
13. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
Descriptive ethics
informed consent
Socrates
John Stuart Mill
14. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Socrates
hedonic calculus
Doctrine of Virtue
15. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
normative ethics
Deontologists
feminist ethics
Whistle blowing
16. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
normative ethics
components of informed consent
Thomas Hobbes
17. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
Standards of disclosure
theory of justice as fairness
Jeremy Bentham
components of informed consent
18. 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
Plato
Doctrine of Virtue
unconditional
19. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
Natural Law Theory
Ignorance
Stage 2
John Rawls
20. 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
unconditional
Virtue
St Thomas Aquinas
John Stuart Mill
21. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Enchiridion
Jeremy Bentham
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
Deontology
22. 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
components of informed consent
distributive justice
Conventional level
paternalism
23. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
autonomy
Thomas Hobbes
The Books of Law
Golden Mean
24. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation
Self-knowledge
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
John Locke
theonomy
25. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
conflict of interest
Whistle blowing
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Pre-conventional level
26. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
human nature
Aristotle
Jeremy Bentham
rule utilitarianism
27. 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)
retributive justice
John Stuart Mill
Socrates
Whistle blowing
28. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
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
St Thomas Aquinas
Natural Law Theory
29. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
Moral virtue
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
stoic moral virtues
Courage
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
Post conventional level
human nature
Ignorance
David Hume
31. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
categorical imperatives
Enchiridion
Leviathan
paternalism
32. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
Virtue
Deontologists
John Locke
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
33. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
Stage 6
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
distributive justice
Stoic philosphy
34. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Jeremy Bentham
paternalism
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
35. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
meta-ethics
normative ethics
Stage 1
Standard of Happiness
36. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
categorical imperatives
Enchiridion
Consent Form
seven features of pleasure
37. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
unconditional
teleology
primary purpose of the Leviathan
John Rawls
38. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Conventional level
Stage 2
meta-ethics
Consent Form
39. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
Deontologists
Stage 1
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Stage 3
40. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
paternalism
hedonic calculus
disclosure of information
Pre-conventional level
41. Evidence of a valid consent
Deontologists
Golden Mean
paternalism
Consent Form
42. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Stage 2
John Stuart Mill
43. Bad character traits
Vices
Stage 5
The Books of Law
conditional covenant
44. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
theory of justice as fairness
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Leviathan
justice
45. 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
Thomas Hobbes
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
social contract theory
informed consent
46. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
Stage 5
hypothetical imperatives
Epictetus
Puffery
47. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
seven features of pleasure
Eternal law
autonomy
Plato
48. 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
conditional covenant
Epictetus
hypothetical imperatives
Golden Mean
49. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
virtues
natural virtues
John Locke
Stage 3
50. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
unconditional
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