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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about
consequentialists
Jeremy Bentham
Post conventional level
Ethics of care
2. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude
Vices
justice
natural virtues
seven features of pleasure
3. 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)
Stage 3
Post conventional level
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
stoic moral virtues
4. Way of evaluating moral decisions based on the amount of pleasure that it provides
Standards of disclosure
corrective justice
Pre-conventional level
Utilitarianism
5. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion
Stage 6
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
heteronomy
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
6. Bad character traits
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
consequentialists
Consent Form
Vices
7. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism
Stoic philosphy
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
theonomy
motivational hedonism
8. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
components of informed consent
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Puffery
9. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Plato
covenant
Aristotle
10. To punish subjects who break the law
Stage 5
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Deontologists
Aristotle
11. Making exagerated claims about products
human nature
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
hedonic calculus
Puffery
12. 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
Deontology
Socrates
social contract theory
Natural Law Theory
13. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
informed consent
Thomas Hobbes
consequentialists
Deontologists
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
Epictetus
retributive justice
teleology
15. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas
conflict of interest
Moral virtue
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
Whistle blowing
16. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
Professional Code of Ethics
St Thomas Aquinas
natural virtues
theonomy
17. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
components of informed consent
categorical imperatives
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Standard of Happiness
18. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
Pre-conventional level
Immanuel Kant
Ignorance
Doctrine of Virtue
19. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed
John Rawls
Immanuel Kant
justice
Epictetus
20. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
Doctrine of Right
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
21. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
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
Stage 3
divine command theory
22. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)
Virtue ethics
Jeremy Bentham
Stage 2
covenant
23. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements
social contract theory
natural virtues
hedonic calculus
Stage 5
24. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
Stage 4
Virtue
meta-ethics
distributive justice
25. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Epictetus
Enchiridion
divine command theory
corrective justice
26. 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
Post conventional level
paternalism
David Hume
The 3 branches of ethics
27. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional
conflict of interest
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
covenant
retributive justice
28. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Whistle blowing
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
normative ethics
Happiness
29. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
Post conventional level
John Locke
Act utilitarianism
Self-knowledge
30. 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
paternalism
meta-ethics
virtues
John Locke
31. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss
corrective justice
Plato
conflict of interest
Virtue ethics
32. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
retributive justice
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Stoic philosphy
Stage 3
33. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued
meta-ethics
Deontology
Immanuel Kant
normative hedonism
34. Lists seven features of pleasure to which attention must be paid in order to assess how great it is
hedonic calculus
nonconsequentialist normative theory
Courage
Moral virtue
35. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires
Stoic philosphy
feminist ethics
John Rawls
categorical imperatives
36. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
conflict of interest
Deontology
Eternal law
37. Felt that ethics was born of human conflict
Doctrine of Right
hypothetical imperatives
Socrates
Stage 4
38. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
teleology
Deontologists
Conventional level
heteronomy
39. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament
John Rawls
John Locke
The Gospels
Plato
40. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Stage 2
Descriptive ethics
Standard of Happiness
motivational hedonism
41. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
stoic moral virtues
primary purpose of the Leviathan
Doctrine of Right
Utilitarianism
42. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
St Thomas Aquinas
Ethics of care
John Stuart Mill
Post conventional level
43. An agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment
conditional covenant
Utilitarianism
informed consent
teleology
44. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
conflict of interest
Vices
distributive justice
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
45. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
Courage
Stage 3
Virtue
The 3 branches of ethics
46. View holds that the good for which all humans aspire is happiness - which is the activity of the soul
Deontology
Aristotle
John Rawls
divine command theory
47. Rights and Justice - concerned mostly with justice - being an ideal ethical thinker needs you to distance yourself from a situation to assess it clearly
normative hedonism
Stage 6
theonomy
consequentialists
48. Self-mastery according to Kant
covenant
autonomy
Courage
conflict of interest
49. Claims that humans are naturally self-interested and they are not naturally selfish or motivated by pride
Immanuel Kant
categorical imperatives
Socrates
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
50. 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
consequentialists
stoic moral virtues
Kant
normative ethics