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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Thomas Hobbes
covenant
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Conventional level
2. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Conventional level
natural virtues
Eternal law
nonconsequentialist normative theory
3. 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)
social contract theory
Stage 2
normative hedonism
John Stuart Mill
4. To punish subjects who break the law
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Vices
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
motivational hedonism
5. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Descriptive ethics
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Conventional level
Jeremy Bentham
6. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
motivational hedonism
human nature
Jeremy Bentham
7. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
Standard of Happiness
meta-ethics
St Thomas Aquinas
Immanuel Kant
8. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Deontologists
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
Utilitarianism
9. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
rule utilitarianism
Self-knowledge
human nature
Virtue ethics
10. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
divine command theory
theonomy
natural virtues
Leviathan
11. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
Moral virtue
informed consent
Ethics of care
Aristotle
12. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
virtues
Ethics
covenant
Happiness
13. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
Epictetus
Post conventional level
Self-knowledge
Stage 2
14. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control
human nature
Stage 6
Kant
distributive justice
15. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
paternalism
The Books of Law
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Leviathan
16. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
Socrates
Ignorance
feminist ethics
justice
17. Says we should always do the will of God
components of informed consent
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
nonconsequentialist normative theory
primary purpose of the Leviathan
18. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
St Thomas Aquinas
theory of justice as fairness
social contract theory
The Gospels
19. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
Kant
seven features of pleasure
Pre-conventional level
conditional covenant
20. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
David Hume
heteronomy
Ethics of care
Stage 2
21. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
covenant
Immanuel Kant
natural virtues
John Rawls
22. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
covenant
Kant
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
informed consent
23. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
feminist ethics
teleology
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Consent Form
24. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
theory of justice as fairness
Stage 4
seven features of pleasure
John Stuart Mill
25. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
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
Whistle blowing
Leviathan
26. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning
27. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
John Rawls
Deontologists
Thomas Hobbes
feminist ethics
28. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
Virtue
seven features of pleasure
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
disclosure of information
29. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
The Gospels
theory of justice as fairness
Eternal law
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
30. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
Ignorance
Deontologists
consequentialists
Ethics of care
31. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
The 3 branches of ethics
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Doctrine of Right
32. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
virtues
covenant
distributive justice
Socrates
33. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
conditional covenant
Happiness
Leviathan
theonomy
34. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
Whistle blowing
stoic moral virtues
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
35. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Descriptive ethics
retributive justice
meta-ethics
The Books of Law
36. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
heteronomy
paternalism
Vices
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
37. 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)
Post conventional level
The 3 branches of ethics
Stoic philosphy
disclosure of information
38. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Virtue ethics
Natural Law Theory
Consent Form
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
39. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Courage
Pre-conventional level
Stoic philosphy
Plato
40. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
The 3 branches of ethics
meta-ethics
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
retributive justice
41. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
retributive justice
John Locke
Puffery
artificial virtues
42. 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
normative ethics
St Thomas Aquinas
Eternal law
Vices
43. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
The Books of Law
artificial virtues
Pre-conventional level
Natural Law Theory
44. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Stage 1
hypothetical imperatives
normative hedonism
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
45. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
theory of justice as fairness
Doctrine of Right
Aristotle
Standards of disclosure
46. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
Epictetus
hedonic calculus
hypothetical imperatives
Conventional level
47. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
justice
John Stuart Mill
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
disclosure of information
48. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
unconditional
Ethics
disclosure of information
Virtue
49. 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)
Doctrine of Virtue
consequentialists
Stage 4
Natural Law Theory
50. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Golden Mean
Conventional level
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Doctrine of Virtue