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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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1. Making exagerated claims about products






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides






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






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






10. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are






11. 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)






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






13. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






14. Evidence of a valid consent






15. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






16. Says we should always do the will of God






17. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced






18. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning

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






20. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






28. 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)






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






30. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)






31. Self-mastery according to Kant






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






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






34. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment






35. 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






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






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






38. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness






39. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






41. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience






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






43. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






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






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






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






47. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






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. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War