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DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Evidence of a valid consent






2. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment






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






4. 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






5. Duties that form this subject matter are precise - owed to specifiable others - and can be legally enforced






6. Tell us what to do irrespective of our desires






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






8. Self-mastery according to Kant






9. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something






10. 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)






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






12. Consent is the basis of government - people have agreed to be ruled that governments are entitled to rule






13. Bad character traits






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






15. 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






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






17. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






18. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional






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






20. To punish subjects who break the law






21. Justice - promise-keeping - allegiance to legitimate government






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






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






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






25. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task






26. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships






27. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude






34. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






35. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal






36. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






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






38. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued






39. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern






40. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism






41. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent






42. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements






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






44. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






45. Name the four authors of the Gospels






46. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness






47. 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






48. Making exagerated claims about products






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






50. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason