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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Descriptive ethics
feminist ethics
Moral virtue
Puffery
2. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Conventional level
Act utilitarianism
Whistle blowing
hypothetical imperatives
3. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
Ethics
seven features of pleasure
Act utilitarianism
Kant
4. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Golden Mean
Happiness
Act utilitarianism
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
David Hume
distributive justice
Utilitarianism
paternalism
6. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
teleology
autonomy
Stage 4
human nature
7. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue
Immanuel Kant
Utilitarianism
Stoic philosphy
Ignorance
8. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest
Moral virtue
Stage 4
Stage 6
Professional Code of Ethics
9. 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
Aristotle
Epictetus
Conventional level
social contract theory
10. The first 5 books of the Old Testament
The Books of Law
Natural Law Theory
Self-knowledge
Kant
11. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
normative hedonism
David Hume
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
hypothetical imperatives
12. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is
theonomy
corrective justice
Stoic philosphy
hedonic calculus
13. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
Descriptive ethics
consequentialists
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
normative ethics
14. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command
motivational hedonism
Doctrine of Right
Immanuel Kant
divine command theory
15. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
feminist ethics
theory of justice as fairness
components of informed consent
divine command theory
16. The view that there exists an eternal moral law that can be discovered through reason by looking at the nature of humanity and society
Plato
Standards of disclosure
Natural Law Theory
Doctrine of Right
17. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements
Stage 1
The Gospels
Stage 5
Natural Law Theory
18. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
Happiness
The Books of Law
theory of justice as fairness
disclosure of information
19. Self-mastery according to Kant
Stage 3
Courage
disclosure of information
Eternal law
20. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
The 3 branches of ethics
Utilitarianism
hedonic calculus
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
21. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Eternal law
Doctrine of Right
John Locke
22. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness
informed consent
John Rawls
David Hume
retributive justice
23. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
Virtue
distributive justice
Ignorance
Immanuel Kant
24. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Deontologists
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
retributive justice
covenant
25. Practicality; help citizens orient themselves within their own social world; probe the limits of practicable political possibility; reconciliation
Doctrine of Virtue
teleology
divine command theory
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
26. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
Happiness
Stage 4
informed consent
natural virtues
27. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
The Books of Law
categorical imperatives
divine command theory
28. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
unconditional
Ethics of care
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
The Books of Law
29. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Stage 2
Whistle blowing
30. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Puffery
Pre-conventional level
The Gospels
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
31. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
Thucydides
Whistle blowing
stoic moral virtues
John Locke
32. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Ethics of care
seven features of pleasure
Thucydides
Doctrine of Virtue
33. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
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
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
theonomy
Act utilitarianism
34. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
Professional Code of Ethics
Courage
social contract theory
human nature
35. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
Stoic philosphy
conditional covenant
Stage 1
motivational hedonism
36. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
unconditional
teleology
justice
meta-ethics
37. 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)
teleology
Ignorance
St Thomas Aquinas
Post conventional level
38. Selfishness and lack of concern for other (contains first two stages of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Pre-conventional level
retributive justice
virtues
Eternal law
39. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Jeremy Bentham
primary purpose of the Leviathan
rule utilitarianism
St Thomas Aquinas
40. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
covenant
Vices
Stage 1
Deontologists
41. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
Plato
Stage 3
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
teleology
42. 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)
theonomy
Moral virtue
John Stuart Mill
disclosure of information
43. Live according to nature - according to rational principles which involve an emphasis on character and self-mastery - reason links all of society
components of informed consent
hypothetical imperatives
Stage 1
Stoic philosphy
44. Evidence of a valid consent
Stage 2
informed consent
Consent Form
primary purpose of the Leviathan
45. 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
Ignorance
Stage 6
Thomas Hobbes
unconditional
46. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
hypothetical imperatives
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
disclosure of information
Stage 5
47. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Eternal law
Stage 3
conflict of interest
Standards of disclosure
48. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
Puffery
Golden Mean
rule utilitarianism
hedonic calculus
49. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
Leviathan
covenant
The Books of Law
Immanuel Kant
50. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
Act utilitarianism
social contract theory
distributive justice
Thucydides