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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism






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






3. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






4. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is






5. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements






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






7. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships






8. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






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






10. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy






11. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






12. Bad character traits






13. Says we should always do the will of God






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






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






16. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






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






18. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about






19. Making exagerated claims about products






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






21. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives






22. 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






23. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace






24. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal






25. To punish subjects who break the law






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






27. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved






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






29. 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)






30. 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)






31. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion






32. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent






33. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this






34. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern






35. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience






36. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people






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






38. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced






39. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






40. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties






41. Name the four authors of the Gospels






42. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






43. 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






44. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






45. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?






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






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






48. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society






49. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices






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