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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
teleology
Doctrine of Right
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
virtues
2. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
Immanuel Kant
feminist ethics
Aristotle
distributive justice
3. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
human nature
conflict of interest
corrective justice
Thucydides
4. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Stage 2
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Doctrine of Virtue
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
5. 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
Ethics
meta-ethics
Socrates
Stage 3
6. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
The 3 branches of ethics
artificial virtues
feminist ethics
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
7. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Pre-conventional level
conflict of interest
Stage 1
disclosure of information
8. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
seven features of pleasure
Doctrine of Virtue
components of informed consent
John Rawls
9. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
Stage 5
meta-ethics
seven features of pleasure
Ethics
10. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
Natural Law Theory
natural virtues
normative hedonism
autonomy
11. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
Stage 1
Virtue ethics
social contract theory
teleology
12. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
stoic moral virtues
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Stage 3
conditional covenant
13. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
hypothetical imperatives
artificial virtues
Moral virtue
Thucydides
14. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Post conventional level
Leviathan
Stage 5
15. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Thomas Hobbes
natural virtues
consequentialists
Ignorance
16. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
social contract theory
unconditional
Doctrine of Virtue
The 3 branches of ethics
17. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Descriptive ethics
meta-ethics
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
18. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
Ethics of care
Utilitarianism
feminist ethics
Virtue ethics
19. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature
The Books of Law
Leviathan
Thucydides
Socrates
20. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Stage 6
Epictetus
Post conventional level
21. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
conflict of interest
rule utilitarianism
Post conventional level
Stage 5
22. Self-mastery according to Kant
conflict of interest
Virtue
hedonic calculus
Courage
23. 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)
feminist ethics
Descriptive ethics
Stage 4
Post conventional level
24. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Professional Code of Ethics
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Epictetus
Eternal law
25. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
Moral virtue
theory of justice as fairness
Utilitarianism
John Rawls
26. 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
Jeremy Bentham
Epictetus
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Pre-conventional level
27. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
motivational hedonism
Stage 2
feminist ethics
Stage 5
28. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
John Locke
Epictetus
The Gospels
normative hedonism
29. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
Deontologists
social contract theory
Post conventional level
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
30. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
Standards of disclosure
Act utilitarianism
Natural Law Theory
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
31. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
divine command theory
Socrates
Aristotle
Whistle blowing
32. Name the four authors of the Gospels
feminist ethics
Virtue ethics
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Whistle blowing
33. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Deontology
disclosure of information
John Rawls
motivational hedonism
34. 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
The 3 branches of ethics
The Books of Law
Vices
St Thomas Aquinas
35. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
Descriptive ethics
Deontologists
The 3 branches of ethics
categorical imperatives
36. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Leviathan
Standards of disclosure
Pre-conventional level
Stage 2
37. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
Professional Code of Ethics
social contract theory
Doctrine of Virtue
Kant
38. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Aristotle
Stoic philosphy
normative ethics
39. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
feminist ethics
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Post conventional level
covenant
40. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
artificial virtues
seven features of pleasure
Socrates
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
41. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
John Locke
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Self-knowledge
42. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Happiness
Consent Form
Stage 3
unconditional
43. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Jeremy Bentham
Kant
Doctrine of Right
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
44. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Whistle blowing
retributive justice
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Conventional level
45. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
Moral virtue
Golden Mean
Doctrine of Right
Pre-conventional level
46. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
informed consent
Socrates
Aristotle
Enchiridion
47. 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
St Thomas Aquinas
paternalism
natural virtues
distributive justice
48. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
Happiness
autonomy
theory of justice as fairness
unconditional
49. Making exagerated claims about products
Doctrine of Right
natural virtues
The Gospels
Puffery
50. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Plato
Standards of disclosure
covenant
Stage 4