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DSST Ethics In America 2
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1. Talks about what punishments are appropriate for wrongdoing
consequentialists
retributive justice
normative hedonism
theonomy
2. There is moral significance in the fundamental elements of relationships and dependencies in human life (care-givers)
Aristotle
Ethics of care
Stage 1
hedonic calculus
3. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
hedonic calculus
normative hedonism
John Rawls
4. Social Contracts - think in terms of laws because of majority agreements
Stage 5
hypothetical imperatives
Stage 4
Leviathan
5. 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
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Kant
categorical imperatives
6. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something
Socrates
unconditional
Leviathan
justice
7. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness
Virtue
rule utilitarianism
components of informed consent
paternalism
8. 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
Whistle blowing
categorical imperatives
Thomas Hobbes
David Hume
9. 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
Ethics of care
Moral virtue
Stage 3
St Thomas Aquinas
10. Genuin care for others (stages 3 and 4 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)
Descriptive ethics
Epictetus
Conventional level
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
11. Disclosing information to outside sources without permission of the company regarding unethical practices
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Pre-conventional level
Whistle blowing
retributive justice
12. An attempt to revise - reformulate - or rethink traditional ethics to the extent it depreciates or devalues women's moral experience
Stage 2
Plato
feminist ethics
Consent Form
13. Says we should always do the will of God
Virtue ethics
nonconsequentialist normative theory
David Hume
Ethics of care
14. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness
Standard of Happiness
John Locke
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
15. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism
Deontology
Self-knowledge
Enchiridion
Socrates
16. An action is morally obligatory if it produces the most good for the most people
Virtue ethics
Act utilitarianism
hypothetical imperatives
rule utilitarianism
17. Morality and religion are thought to come from a common source of inspiration and knowledge - a source that religion may refer to as God
theonomy
Stoic philosphy
Stage 2
hedonic calculus
18. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent
Ignorance
seven features of pleasure
theonomy
Vices
19. Egoism and exchange relationships - thinking is based on self-interest and how it can be achieved within relationships
Kohlberg's six stages of moral development
artificial virtues
Stage 2
Whistle blowing
20. Socrates believed that all wrong doing is a result of this
Descriptive ethics
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Ignorance
autonomy
21. Describes the ethical standards of a person - community - culture - etc. (controversial topics)
Stage 5
conflict of interest
Descriptive ethics
Standards of disclosure
22. Prudence - courage - justice - temperance
retributive justice
stoic moral virtues
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Immanuel Kant
23. Includes a good habit - a mean - and a disposition to act within reason
Descriptive ethics
corrective justice
Virtue
Ignorance
24. 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
hedonic calculus
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
Thucydides
25. Name the four authors of the Gospels
disclosure of information
Matthew - Mark - Luke - and John
artificial virtues
covenant
26. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this
Happiness
Stage 3
John Stuart Mill
theonomy
27. Set of rules that produces the greatest amount of good for the most people
rule utilitarianism
Stage 6
Genesis -Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy
disclosure of information
28. Believe that right and good consist in obedience to objective moral duties
Deontologists
The Books of Law
Stage 6
distributive justice
29. Morality based on religion alone - without any reference to religious ideas
retributive justice
David Hume
autonomy
Vices
30. Envisions a society of free citizens holding equal basic rights of cooperating within an egalitarian economic system
Vices
theory of justice as fairness
normative hedonism
The 3 branches of ethics
31. A contract or agreement between two parties to complete a task
The Gospels
disclosure of information
covenant
John Stuart Mill
32. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence
David Hume
Natural Law Theory
Plato
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
33. Tell you what to do in order to achieve a particular goal
informed consent
Organization of social classes in an ideal society
hypothetical imperatives
Kant
34. Process by which patients are asked to consent to procedures after being sufficiently informed to make a rational decision
Vices
Stage 1
informed consent
distributive justice
35. 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
Epictetus
Deontology
teleology
Stage 6
36. Disclosing relevant information regardng a medical diagnosis or treatment
autonomy
Moral virtue
disclosure of information
Professional Code of Ethics
37. 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
Jeremy Bentham
human nature
Deontology
social contract theory
38. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics
Professional Code of Ethics
Leviathan
Socrates
The 3 branches of ethics
39. Fostering good interpersonal relationships - thinkers take the needs and interests of others into account - it is important to make others happy
conflict of interest
Stage 3
Post conventional level
Utilitarianism
40. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve
teleology
Utilitarianism
autonomy
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
41. Moral character - a theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern
Thomas Hobbes
Vices
meta-ethics
Virtue ethics
42. To punish subjects who break the law
distributive justice
Kant
primary purpose of the Leviathan
meta-ethics
43. 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)
Stage 5
Self-knowledge
four roles of political philosophy according to rawls
Stage 4
44. 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
corrective justice
meta-ethics
Immanuel Kant
categorical imperatives
45. Duties to adopt certain ends - many are imperfect in that they do not specify how - when - or for whom they should be achieved
issues addressed in the History of the Peloponnesian War
conditional covenant
Doctrine of Virtue
Puffery
46. Founder of Liberalism - believed that everybody must be moved by a desire for his or her own happiness or pleasure.
rule utilitarianism
theory of justice as fairness
John Locke
three natural reasons people fight according to Hobbes
47. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
Natural Law Theory
Post conventional level
Eternal law
48. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace
Thucydides
Aristotle
five general principles the 15 laws of nature come from
Thomas Hobbes
49. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens
distributive justice
Kant
John Locke
Stage 5
50. Punishment and reward - thinking is animalistic - actions are in ways that anticipate reward and avoid punishment
Stage 5
Stage 1
Descriptive ethics
Ethics