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Ethics Assessment

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show The study of moral values and conduct of an individual, group, or culture  
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Morality   show
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show The Epic of Gilamesh, Code of Hammurabi, The Book of the Dead, Torah  
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Democritus   show
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show argued for a moral philosophy of relativism, one based on self-interest  
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Relativism   show
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Socrates   show
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Plato   show
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show the ideal essences of objects or things  
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show Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom  
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Aristotle   show
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The Golden Mean   show
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show The greatest good comes from the pursuit of pleasure  
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Skepticism   show
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show Valued courage and acceptance of one's role in life.  
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Neoplatonism   show
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3 Main Sophists   show
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Sophists/'Intellectuals'   show
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Socratic philosophy   show
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Three Components of Plato's Philosophy   show
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show Temperance, Courage, Reason and Justice  
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Aristotle's additional virtues   show
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show Justice  
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Epicureanism   show
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Stoics   show
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Religion   show
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show Advances the idea that morality is whatever God commands. God's will becomes the foundation of ethics. Morality depends on God.  
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Natural Law   show
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Jawaharlal Nehro   show
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show Major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. Believed in non-violence.  
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Mao Tse-tung   show
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show Served as Generalissimo of Republic of China from 1928-death. Took control of KMT after Yat-sen's death in 1925. Led nationalist troops to unify China.  
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Sun Yat-sen   show
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show The principle of utility determines morality.  
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show A moral act produces the greatest happiness.  
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Supports the Classical Utilitarian Theory   show
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show It is wrong to kill innocent people.  
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show No act may be prohibited unless it causes pain to another.  
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show God is in control and establishes morality.  
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show Actions are permissable if they promote the greater good.  
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Strength of Social Contract Ethics   show
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show People have moral oblications only to participants in the contract.  
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Strength of Social Contract Ethics   show
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show It explains when violations of law may be justified.  
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show There my be prohibitions against acts that do not threaten social living.  
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Weakness of Social Contract Ethics   show
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What is the moral theory of Hobbe's social contract?   show
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Christ transforming culture   show
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show Triumpalist Church which seek control over public life  
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show Makes a sharp separation between God's kindly rule in the Church and His stern rule in public life  
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Christ of culture   show
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show Does not always provide specific moral guidance in text. Often quoted without context. Does not yield definite answers to social problems.  
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show Favors greatest happiness for greatest number of people. Defines morality by examining consequences rather than intentions of actions, yields conclusions that do not conform to common sense.  
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Gandhian Ethics   show
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show Perceives all ethics by reference to monastic ethics. Known for its extreme measures in the pursuite of ahimsa (non-injury)  
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show Teaches the principle of passive restraint. Founded in a rigid and discriminatory class system where a life affirming, but rigidly, authoritarian, morality is developed.  
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Theory of Natural Law   show
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show Humans should be truthful only because God commands it. The concepts of good and evil are arbitrarily dependant on God's rules.  
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Advantage of using virtues as ethical standards   show
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Ideas that Aristotle advocated   show
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show It must be rational and consistent with self interest.  
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show Belief that morality is relative to each individual culture, we can't make uniersal moral claims like 'murder is always wrong'  
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Christ against culture   show
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show Christ against culture, Christ of culture, Christ and culture in paradox, Christ above culture, Christ transforming culture  
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4 relative stages of Ashrama   show
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Studentship   show
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show Entailing marriage, family, and their obligations  
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show Moral excellence or having the courage to do what is right  
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show Always tell the truth, always keep your promises, Never commit suicide.  
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What are the differences between retributiviam (Kant) and Utilitarian (Betham)?   show
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Major points critical of Kant's ethics   show
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According to Kant, what is morality about?   show
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Kant's Theory   show
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Kant's two formulas of the categorical imperative   show
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Categorical Imperative   show
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What type of moral theory is Kant's?   show
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show Value concepts can be discerned from commercial documents, law codes, wisdome sayings, hero stories, and myths  
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6 Classical Hindu ethics   show
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State of Nature   show
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Deontological   show
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Retributivism   show
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The Divine Theory   show
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Euthyphro dilemma   show
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Moral Objectivism   show
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show Involves a virtuous way of life by its relation to happiness  
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Good Will   show
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Duty   show
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show One fulfills ones destiny through service and through fidelity to what so ever becomes one's responsibility  
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Moral Law   show
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Three advantages of virtue as an ethical standard   show
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Ethical Egoism   show
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show Theory of human nature, not an ethical theory. Human nature to act out of self-interest  
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Humanistic virtues and moral ideas praised in Vedic hymns   show
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show Meditation is key to enlightenment, lead a good life, practive virtue, follow meditative exercises  
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show The world is a natural order with values and purposes built into its very nature, How things ought to be, Laws of reason which we are able to grasp because God made us rational beings  
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Consequentialism   show
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Ethical Subjectivism   show
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show First 5 books of the Old Testament written by Moses  
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