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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






2. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason






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






4. 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






5. 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)






6. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas






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






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






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






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






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






12. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command






13. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment






14. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






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






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






17. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule






18. 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)






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






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






21. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






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






23. 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






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






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






26. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






27. Making exagerated claims about products






28. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision






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






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






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






32. Says we should always do the will of God






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






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






35. 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)






36. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






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






39. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






40. Name the four authors of the Gospels






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






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






43. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard






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






50. To punish subjects who break the law