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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






2. Bad character traits






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






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






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






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






7. 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)






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






9. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve






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






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






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






13. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






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






15. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict






16. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism






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






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






19. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






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






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






22. 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






23. Evidence of a valid consent






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. To punish subjects who break the law






28. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






29. Name the four authors of the Gospels






30. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance






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






32. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices






33. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed






34. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control






35. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace






36. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved






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






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






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






40. The first 5 books of the Old Testament






41. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing






42. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure






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






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






45. 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






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






47. Self-mastery according to Kant






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






49. 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)






50. The idea of avoiding extremes - you shouldn't do anything to excess