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Ethics Assessment

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Ethics   show
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show The right or wrong of an action, decision, or way of living  
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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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show Saw morality as a quest to live by virtues in an attempt to recapture the forms  
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Forms   show
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Plato's virtues   show
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Aristotle   show
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show the desirable middle between two extremes, excess and inadequacy.  
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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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show Protagoras, Gorgias, and Thrasymachus  
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show Nothing exists. Man is the measure of all things. "Injustice pays"; might makes right. Based on self-interest  
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Socratic philosophy   show
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show theories of Knowledge, Moral Philosophy, and Political Philosophy  
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show Temperance, Courage, Reason and Justice  
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Aristotle's additional virtues   show
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Plato thought if we practiced the virtues, we could achieve   show
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show saw pleasure as the greatest good.  
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Stoics   show
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Religion   show
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Divine Command Theory   show
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Natural Law   show
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show Major political leader of the Congress. Party-Pivotal figure in the Indian Independence movement. First Prime Minister of Independent India.  
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Mohandas K. Gandhi   show
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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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Supports the Classical Utilitarian Theory   show
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show A moral act produces the greatest happiness.  
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show Laws should promote the greatest happiness of all.  
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show It is wrong to kill innocent people.  
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Does not support the Classical Utilitarian Theory   show
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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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Strength of Social Contract Ethics   show
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show The principle of reciprocity explains how criminals are to be treated  
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Strength of Social Contract Ethics   show
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Weakness of Social Contract Ethics   show
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show It is based on an assumption about prehistorical humans.  
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show A person's right flow from mutually beneficial contraints  
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show Seeks to influence but not necessarily to control institutions  
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Christ above culture   show
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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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show Casts a gospel glow over the existing order and hardly challenges it  
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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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show Known for its practical wisdom  
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Jaina Ethics   show
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Classical Hindu   show
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show Based on the perspective that nature is purposeful. Describes both what is and what ought to be. The right course of action follows the dictates of reason.  
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Problems the Divine Command Theory presents   show
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Advantage of using virtues as ethical standards   show
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show No one would choose to live without friends. Virtues emerge independant of education. People need courage because no one is completely safe from danger. A virtue is the mean between excess and deficiency.  
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show It must be rational and consistent with self interest.  
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Cultural Relativism   show
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show A kind of other world pietism  
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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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show Studentship, Householder, Semi-retreat, Renunciation  
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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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According to Kant, what are some of our basic duties?   show
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show Kant believed an eye for an eye. Betham believed punishment is mischief and is a greater evil but is justifiable.  
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show Consequentialism, Utilitarianism  
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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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Ethics in Ancient Mesopotamia   show
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show Dharma, Karma, Ashrama, Purushartha, Gita, Virtues  
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show How philosophers think persons would naturally behave if there were no government threatening to punish them  
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Deontological   show
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show A theory of punishment that is best summed up by the phrase 'an eye for an eye'  
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The Divine Theory   show
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show If moral good acts are willed by God because they are morally good, then they must be morally good prior to and so independently of God's will  
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Moral Objectivism   show
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Aristotle's Theory   show
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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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show What kind of person should I be? Helps us explain how a wide variety of actions can be ethical. Allows for the whole spectrum of human experience to influence ethical deliberation.  
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show How we should behave. Each person ought to do whatever will best promote his own self-interest  
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Psychological Egoism   show
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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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3 Elements that constitute the theory of natural law   show
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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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