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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Self-mastery according to Kant
Thucydides
Courage
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Aristotle
2. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
categorical imperatives
Stage 4
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
artificial virtues
3. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Aristotle
Socrates
Act utilitarianism
4. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
hypothetical imperatives
Whistle blowing
conflict of interest
justice
5. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
Stage 6
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Moral virtue
Vices
6. To punish subjects who break the law
Ethics
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Whistle blowing
John Rawls
7. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
Virtue ethics
hedonic calculus
Ignorance
categorical imperatives
8. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
Plato
unconditional
Utilitarianism
Leviathan
9. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
feminist ethics
Ethics of care
Doctrine of Right
Stage 2
10. 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
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Doctrine of Right
Thomas Hobbes
Stage 2
11. 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
Epictetus
Jeremy Bentham
human nature
Plato
12. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
motivational hedonism
Virtue
rule utilitarianism
Immanuel Kant
13. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
Stoic philosphy
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Leviathan
14. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
justice
corrective justice
John Locke
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
15. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
Ethics of care
Jeremy Bentham
Doctrine of Right
feminist ethics
16. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
Professional Code of Ethics
Self-knowledge
Stoic philosphy
St Thomas Aquinas
17. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
normative hedonism
Plato
social contract theory
Post conventional level
18. 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
St Thomas Aquinas
Conventional level
justice
social contract theory
19. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity
justice
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
retributive justice
virtues
20. 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
justice
normative ethics
Thomas Hobbes
Conventional level
21. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
Immanuel Kant
theonomy
Virtue
Ethics
22. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Thucydides
David Hume
Ignorance
Stage 5
23. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
teleology
Deontology
distributive justice
Stage 1
24. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
feminist ethics
Stage 1
Immanuel Kant
Whistle blowing
25. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Natural Law Theory
components of informed consent
divine command theory
26. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
categorical imperatives
distributive justice
John Rawls
disclosure of information
27. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
Standard of Happiness
John Rawls
normative hedonism
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
28. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
stoic moral virtues
Consent Form
divine command theory
informed consent
29. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess
Golden Mean
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
rule utilitarianism
teleology
30. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
The Gospels
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
normative hedonism
31. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Stage 1
Descriptive ethics
motivational hedonism
Virtue
32. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
feminist ethics
Jeremy Bentham
Immanuel Kant
Deontologists
33. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
natural virtues
heteronomy
John Rawls
Stage 3
34. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
Stage 2
conflict of interest
Ethics
justice
35. 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 1
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
David Hume
Doctrine of Right
36. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
Stage 6
covenant
feminist ethics
Leviathan
37. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Stage 4
divine command theory
conditional covenant
Enchiridion
38. Says we should always do the will of God
nonconsequentialist normative theory
hypothetical imperatives
Socrates
meta-ethics
39. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
Moral virtue
virtues
Doctrine of Right
heteronomy
40. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
The Books of Law
Immanuel Kant
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Vices
41. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
retributive justice
Whistle blowing
Pre-conventional level
teleology
42. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
heteronomy
Utilitarianism
retributive justice
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
43. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
Epictetus
autonomy
theory of justice as fairness
Self-knowledge
44. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
informed consent
autonomy
Stage 5
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
45. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
disclosure of information
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
Standards of disclosure
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
46. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
heteronomy
teleology
consequentialists
Deontologists
47. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Happiness
Standards of disclosure
Leviathan
48. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
nonconsequentialist normative theory
John Locke
David Hume
Socrates
49. 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
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
informed consent
hedonic calculus
50. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
autonomy
retributive justice
Ignorance
Socrates