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19 Cards in this Set
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Bruce Williams |
4-part Ethics/Political Relevance Test (Useful,Sufficient,Trustworthy,Audience) |
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Sissela Bok |
- "when an unequal power relationship is involved, unethical acts may be justifiable" - investigating private life of public figure is validated if he/she is in position to do harm -Model for Ethical Decisions How do you feel about the action? Seek Expert advice for alternatives Conduct public discussion with those involved |
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Socrates
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- So clever he befuddled himself - Numbing like a stingray- walk away from discussions feeling numb - Verbal fencer (could tie you up in knots) - "It is better to teach a man how to fish" - On loyalty- Loyal to God, first and only |
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Confucius |
"It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." |
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Rene Descartes |
- I THINK THEREFORE I AM. - Credited with modern philosophy - Lived in solitude in Paris - People in 2016 don't like to think for themselves- "outsource their thinking"- don't like to sit in silence with their own thoughts |
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Aristotle |
The Golden Mean; emphasize the actor |
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Immanuel Kant |
Categorical Imperatives; emphasize the action |
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John Stuart Mill |
Utilitarianism; emphasize the outcome |
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William David Ross |
Pluralistic Theory of Value; Prima Facie duties vs Duty Proper |
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Plato |
Truth is internal, within us; it cannot be seen or touched |
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Jayson Blair |
NY Times reporter that fabricated all or parts of 40 stories, wasn't caught at first because he was African American |
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Thomas Hobbes |
"God does not have to be the focus of loyalty" You can have more than one loyalty, and you must choose "Loyalty is a social act and allows the forming of a social contract which is the basis of political society" "Loyalty has limits" |
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Josiah Royce |
Loyalty could become the single guide to ethics |
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Horatio Alger |
"You can be anything you want to be if you work for it." |
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Malcolm Gladwell |
Author, Outliers Completely rejects Alger's theory, says you are a product of your environment, accumulated advantages and outside societal forces. |
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Bill Joy |
Michigan grad that became a Silicon giant Accumulated advantages of being at one of the only places in the world with access to the computers he had |
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Christopher Langan |
genius born into wrong situation, low practical intelligence |
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Lewis Terman |
followed children w/ high IQ (termites) to see if they turned out more successful, they turned out ordinary Group A was more successful and from middle class Group C was less successful and lower class |
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Robert Oppenheimer |
born into wealth, high intelligence AND high practical intelligence spoke at age 12 to room full of geologists, born into entitlement, taught to speak to authorities and to question them Manhattan Project |
