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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
Doctrine of Virtue
corrective justice
John Locke
Standards of disclosure
2. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
theory of justice as fairness
Stage 6
Descriptive ethics
Stage 4
3. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
Utilitarianism
teleology
Stoic philosphy
autonomy
4. This lays the groundwork for normative ethics - it deals with the nature of moral judgment. It looks at the origins of meaning of ethical principles. It studies the nature of morality and questions the abstract meaning of ethical terms
meta-ethics
corrective justice
components of informed consent
stoic moral virtues
5. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
The Gospels
The 3 branches of ethics
human nature
Standard of Happiness
6. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
seven features of pleasure
retributive justice
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Ethics
7. 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
Stage 6
normative hedonism
Doctrine of Right
Epictetus
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
Virtue ethics
theonomy
Whistle blowing
natural virtues
9. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
Doctrine of Right
informed consent
Descriptive ethics
corrective justice
10. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
Leviathan
Moral virtue
natural virtues
divine command theory
11. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
retributive justice
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Descriptive ethics
Deontologists
12. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
hypothetical imperatives
Leviathan
artificial virtues
hedonic calculus
13. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
rule utilitarianism
Conventional level
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
14. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
natural virtues
covenant
Pre-conventional level
15. Name the four authors of the Gospels
John Rawls
natural virtues
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
categorical imperatives
16. 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
social contract theory
Virtue
Jeremy Bentham
Thomas Hobbes
17. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Stage 1
Happiness
Golden Mean
theonomy
18. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
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
Self-knowledge
seven features of pleasure
19. 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
categorical imperatives
Golden Mean
St Thomas Aquinas
Socrates
20. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
Stage 2
unconditional
John Stuart Mill
Standards of disclosure
21. 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
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
paternalism
autonomy
Leviathan
22. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
retributive justice
theonomy
John Stuart Mill
Conventional level
23. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
St Thomas Aquinas
Moral virtue
Standards of disclosure
Puffery
24. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
conditional covenant
Ethics of care
John Locke
Stage 4
25. 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
informed consent
normative ethics
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
The Books of Law
26. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
Stage 5
The Gospels
justice
consequentialists
27. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements
Doctrine of Virtue
Stage 5
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
seven features of pleasure
28. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
disclosure of information
Moral virtue
Utilitarianism
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
29. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
covenant
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
seven features of pleasure
stoic moral virtues
30. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
human nature
Utilitarianism
corrective justice
The Books of Law
31. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
Jeremy Bentham
heteronomy
Virtue ethics
Professional Code of Ethics
32. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
Virtue ethics
Stoic philosphy
Immanuel Kant
artificial virtues
33. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
Doctrine of Right
Puffery
Stage 1
disclosure of information
34. 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)
John Rawls
Stage 2
Post conventional level
rule utilitarianism
35. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
retributive justice
Courage
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
consequentialists
36. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
consequentialists
social contract theory
rule utilitarianism
Whistle blowing
37. 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)
disclosure of information
Leviathan
hypothetical imperatives
Stage 4
38. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
justice
Kant
Eternal law
seven features of pleasure
39. 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
Epictetus
Deontology
conflict of interest
hedonic calculus
40. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
paternalism
Ethics
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
covenant
41. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
The Books of Law
Ethics of care
Virtue
components of informed consent
42. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
autonomy
human nature
seven features of pleasure
Stage 6
43. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Natural Law Theory
conditional covenant
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
44. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
Aristotle
The Gospels
Puffery
Standard of Happiness
45. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
consequentialists
covenant
Standard of Happiness
46. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
theory of justice as fairness
Plato
Doctrine of Right
Moral virtue
47. Bad character traits
nonconsequentialist normative theory
covenant
Vices
Act utilitarianism
48. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
Professional Code of Ethics
paternalism
feminist ethics
John Locke
49. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
Whistle blowing
John Locke
components of informed consent
justice
50. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
theory of justice as fairness
Deontologists
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
normative hedonism