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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul






2. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






3. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue






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






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






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






7. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






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






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






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






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






12. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






13. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism






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






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






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






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






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






20. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride






21. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens






22. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. To punish subjects who break the law






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






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






32. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)






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






34. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






36. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve






37. 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






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






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


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






41. Says we should always do the will of God






42. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence






43. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. 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)






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






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






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