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DSST Ethics In America 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
rule utilitarianism
theonomy
Puffery
conditional covenant
2. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
theory of justice as fairness
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
retributive justice
Whistle blowing
3. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
natural virtues
Whistle blowing
components of informed consent
divine command theory
4. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Utilitarianism
artificial virtues
heteronomy
5. 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
Professional Code of Ethics
paternalism
theonomy
justice
6. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
Immanuel Kant
Stage 3
meta-ethics
Stage 6
7. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Vices
disclosure of information
Self-knowledge
natural virtues
8. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
normative ethics
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
hypothetical imperatives
Puffery
9. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
The Gospels
justice
Standards of disclosure
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
10. According to Socrates this is the sufficient condition to the good life
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Ethics
Self-knowledge
heteronomy
11. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
motivational hedonism
disclosure of information
Eternal law
Golden Mean
12. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
Consent Form
natural virtues
Doctrine of Virtue
covenant
13. 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)
Socrates
Post conventional level
Stoic philosphy
Pre-conventional level
14. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
Natural Law Theory
Stage 2
social contract theory
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
15. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
paternalism
Professional Code of Ethics
Stage 1
Epictetus
16. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule
Enchiridion
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
justice
social contract theory
17. 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
conditional covenant
St Thomas Aquinas
primary purpose of the Leviathan
18. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
categorical imperatives
normative hedonism
Pre-conventional level
The Books of Law
19. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning
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20. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Natural Law Theory
Doctrine of Right
Doctrine of Virtue
Conventional level
21. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
hypothetical imperatives
Ignorance
Immanuel Kant
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
22. 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
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
Kant
normative ethics
seven features of pleasure
23. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
Vices
Conventional level
Virtue
Plato
24. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
social contract theory
conflict of interest
teleology
Ignorance
25. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
teleology
informed consent
Conventional level
paternalism
26. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
Stoic philosphy
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Leviathan
The 3 branches of ethics
27. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
The Books of Law
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
disclosure of information
Stage 3
28. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
The Books of Law
motivational hedonism
Conventional level
Stoic philosphy
29. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
Utilitarianism
hedonic calculus
Leviathan
informed consent
30. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Utilitarianism
normative ethics
Ethics
31. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Enchiridion
Descriptive ethics
corrective justice
32. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
Plato
distributive justice
Stage 5
meta-ethics
33. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements
Deontology
Stage 5
Happiness
motivational hedonism
34. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Plato
Jeremy Bentham
Happiness
Ethics
35. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
normative ethics
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
The 3 branches of ethics
36. Plato believed the organization of the soul of a good person is similiar to this
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
divine command theory
stoic moral virtues
The Gospels
37. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
Pre-conventional level
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
informed consent
artificial virtues
38. Bad character traits
Plato
Vices
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
39. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
Plato
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
consequentialists
Puffery
40. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
motivational hedonism
Stoic philosphy
artificial virtues
41. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Standards of disclosure
Stage 5
Consent Form
42. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
rule utilitarianism
Moral virtue
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
seven features of pleasure
43. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
normative hedonism
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
St Thomas Aquinas
Self-knowledge
44. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
The Gospels
Deontology
Stage 5
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
45. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
Virtue ethics
Post conventional level
natural virtues
normative ethics
46. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
artificial virtues
categorical imperatives
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
justice
47. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
corrective justice
Descriptive ethics
48. Name the four authors of the Gospels
meta-ethics
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
conditional covenant
49. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
John Rawls
virtues
meta-ethics
Ethics of care
50. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
Immanuel Kant
Deontologists
Descriptive ethics
Jean-Jacques Rousseau