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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
Happiness
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
autonomy
Eternal law
2. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Consent Form
categorical imperatives
human nature
3. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
unconditional
components of informed consent
Thucydides
hypothetical imperatives
4. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
consequentialists
Virtue ethics
Happiness
Utilitarianism
5. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
motivational hedonism
rule utilitarianism
Jeremy Bentham
meta-ethics
6. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Stage 3
Self-knowledge
Act utilitarianism
7. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
Thucydides
Socrates
Doctrine of Virtue
Stage 6
8. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
feminist ethics
consequentialists
John Locke
normative hedonism
9. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Leviathan
stoic moral virtues
Moral virtue
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
10. 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
Whistle blowing
Descriptive ethics
consequentialists
11. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
Whistle blowing
Deontologists
Natural Law Theory
retributive justice
12. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
Eternal law
distributive justice
artificial virtues
Leviathan
13. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
divine command theory
informed consent
Ignorance
Jeremy Bentham
14. 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
Stage 3
normative ethics
virtues
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
15. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is
hedonic calculus
Happiness
heteronomy
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
16. 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
Vices
paternalism
consequentialists
Professional Code of Ethics
17. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
theory of justice as fairness
divine command theory
seven features of pleasure
covenant
18. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
Puffery
conditional covenant
Professional Code of Ethics
Happiness
19. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
theory of justice as fairness
Puffery
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Deontologists
20. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
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
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
John Rawls
21. 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)
hypothetical imperatives
Whistle blowing
informed consent
John Stuart Mill
22. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
John Locke
normative hedonism
David Hume
Stage 1
23. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
conditional covenant
human nature
components of informed consent
Doctrine of Virtue
24. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
Epictetus
Virtue ethics
Doctrine of Right
components of informed consent
25. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
Golden Mean
retributive justice
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Utilitarianism
26. To punish subjects who break the law
Eternal law
The Books of Law
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Stage 1
27. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
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
retributive justice
paternalism
Vices
28. Says we should always do the will of God
divine command theory
nonconsequentialist normative theory
rule utilitarianism
Conventional level
29. Self-mastery according to Kant
Courage
retributive justice
Stage 2
The 3 branches of ethics
30. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
heteronomy
Kant
covenant
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
31. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Ethics of care
Jeremy Bentham
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
distributive justice
32. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
Virtue ethics
disclosure of information
corrective justice
John Rawls
33. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Deontologists
theonomy
Conventional level
34. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Pre-conventional level
Stage 5
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
35. The first 5 books of the Old Testament
conditional covenant
informed consent
The Gospels
The Books of Law
36. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
John Rawls
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Standards of disclosure
Self-knowledge
37. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
Professional Code of Ethics
Kant
Ethics
Stage 3
38. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Doctrine of Virtue
Stage 1
Whistle blowing
Conventional level
39. 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
Stage 4
Socrates
divine command theory
David Hume
40. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
rule utilitarianism
hedonic calculus
conflict of interest
virtues
41. Bad character traits
Vices
Natural Law Theory
Professional Code of Ethics
Standard of Happiness
42. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
nonconsequentialist normative theory
corrective justice
The Gospels
43. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
The Gospels
Doctrine of Virtue
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
John Stuart Mill
44. Evidence of a valid consent
Immanuel Kant
Consent Form
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
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
45. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
Stage 2
consequentialists
feminist ethics
John Locke
46. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
Standards of disclosure
rule utilitarianism
theonomy
John Locke
47. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
divine command theory
Stage 4
Standards of disclosure
Thucydides
48. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
The Gospels
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Stage 4
49. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
stoic moral virtues
social contract theory
Conventional level
The Books of Law
50. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Enchiridion
Ethics
John Locke
St Thomas Aquinas