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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. 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
Stage 2
rule utilitarianism
St Thomas Aquinas
virtues
2. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
Ethics of care
retributive justice
motivational hedonism
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
3. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
The 3 branches of ethics
Socrates
Ethics
theory of justice as fairness
4. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government
informed consent
artificial virtues
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
components of informed consent
5. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning
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6. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
distributive justice
feminist ethics
conflict of interest
Stage 4
7. 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
normative ethics
Happiness
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
Standards of disclosure
8. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
conditional covenant
Eternal law
Descriptive ethics
9. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
Standards of disclosure
conflict of interest
Stage 4
disclosure of information
10. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
autonomy
Deontology
The 3 branches of ethics
Aristotle
11. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are
human nature
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
unconditional
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
12. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
normative ethics
categorical imperatives
Post conventional level
hypothetical imperatives
13. 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)
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
John Stuart Mill
Enchiridion
Plato
14. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
virtues
distributive justice
Aristotle
Deontology
15. 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)
Whistle blowing
Stage 5
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Stage 4
16. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
virtues
motivational hedonism
Virtue
normative ethics
17. Bad character traits
St Thomas Aquinas
Deontologists
paternalism
Vices
18. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
David Hume
Stage 6
seven features of pleasure
artificial virtues
19. 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
Utilitarianism
corrective justice
Aristotle
20. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
Aristotle
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Descriptive ethics
Consent Form
21. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Stage 2
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
John Stuart Mill
primary purpose of the Leviathan
22. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
Act utilitarianism
Standards of disclosure
Stage 5
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
23. To punish subjects who break the law
unconditional
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Stage 2
The Gospels
24. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
Pre-conventional level
normative ethics
teleology
Immanuel Kant
25. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
Socrates
rule utilitarianism
Post conventional level
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
26. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
justice
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Rawls
John Locke
27. Evidence of a valid consent
Consent Form
Descriptive ethics
motivational hedonism
hypothetical imperatives
28. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced
primary purpose of the Leviathan
normative ethics
Doctrine of Right
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
29. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
natural virtues
Stage 4
Virtue ethics
30. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
Utilitarianism
components of informed consent
teleology
31. Self-mastery according to Kant
John Rawls
Courage
Golden Mean
nonconsequentialist normative theory
32. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
Whistle blowing
theonomy
Stage 6
feminist ethics
33. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
Virtue
components of informed consent
Socrates
autonomy
34. Believed that morality consisted on acting on the basis of duty alone - the consequences of our actions are often out of our control
John Rawls
Courage
Kant
Vices
35. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Ethics
social contract theory
Socrates
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
36. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
motivational hedonism
autonomy
Plato
Stage 5
37. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
seven features of pleasure
Deontologists
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Deontology
38. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
retributive justice
Puffery
Happiness
39. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue
informed consent
Stoic philosphy
Moral virtue
Stage 5
40. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
Whistle blowing
stoic moral virtues
John Locke
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
41. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
conflict of interest
Immanuel Kant
teleology
normative hedonism
42. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Courage
conflict of interest
Ignorance
Doctrine of Virtue
43. Name the four authors of the Gospels
Puffery
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
John Rawls
Epictetus
44. 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
Standard of Happiness
Standards of disclosure
Thomas Hobbes
45. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
human nature
David Hume
Standard of Happiness
corrective justice
46. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
The 3 branches of ethics
Doctrine of Virtue
Thucydides
components of informed consent
47. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Standards of disclosure
components of informed consent
Happiness
48. Should a whole society be responsible for the actions of a few? What are the justifications of any actions against an enemy?
autonomy
virtues
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Doctrine of Virtue
49. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
Puffery
Enchiridion
hypothetical imperatives
normative hedonism
50. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
normative ethics
Enchiridion
categorical imperatives
theonomy
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