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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision






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






3. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






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






6. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament






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






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






9. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






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






11. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






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






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






14. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions






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






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






17. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life






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






19. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people






20. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system






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






22. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






23. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)






24. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this






25. Bad character traits






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






27. To punish subjects who break the law






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






29. Name the four authors of the Gospels






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






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






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






33. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






34. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly






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






36. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God






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






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






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






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






46. 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)






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






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






49. 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






50. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul