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20 Cards in this Set
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Virtue
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quality that makes it's possessor good and the work that the possessor does good.
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Moral Virtue
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habit of choosing what the "middle" is for us in actions and emotions as determined by the right reason. Includes: selflessness, love, prudence, temperance and generousity.
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Natural Moral Law
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not man-made, universal law that applies only to humans. This can be broken but not changed. Deals with both public and private actions.
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Civil Law
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man-made law that applies only to humans in certain areas, and can be both broken and changed. Deal with public actions only.
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Cultural Relativists
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argues conventional things are not ethical principles. Believe civilization is not something absolute, but relative to circumstances.
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Temperance
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practice of abstaining from sense pleasures. Most necessary.
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Courage
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habit of facing dangers at the right time, in the right place and for the right reasons. Acquired by facing what is painful.
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Foolhardiness
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excessive vice of courage. facing dangers when it is not the right time or for the wrong reasons.
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Cowardice
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defective vice of courage. habit of not facing dangers when it is the right time.
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Vices of Temperance
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Gluttony is the excessive vice and abstainence is the defective vice.
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Raoul Wallenberg
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example of courage. rescued thousands of Jews in Nazi occupied Hungary by providing passports and sheltering them.
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Greed
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desire to possess wealth, power or status which is more than one needs, and the desire to keep it to onself. Example is Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
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Justice
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rendering what is due to another and helps us be in right relations to others. Superior because of the common good for all instead of just oneself.
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Prudence
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ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. Tells the middle. Way to acquire is by the reflection of own experiences.
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Friendship
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Helps us know ourselves. The reciprocal and mutual wishing of good to each other. Three types: 1) utility 2) pleasure and 3) virtue.
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Love
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wanting what is good for someone. Two different kinds: of persons and of things.
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Love of People
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Stronger than love of things (which is the means to the end). Two kinds: of self and of others.
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Self Love
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not the same of selfishness. When prefer external/bodily goods, and sacrifice moral goods, that is selfish. When prefer goods of the soul, and sacrifice external goods, that is better and more superior.
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Good Business Ethics
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should be regulated by moral law and justice, purpose is to serve the common good of the public. Top priority is the customer as that is the goal. Then employees, then stockholders.
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Ford Company
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example of good business ethics. Desire to bring the price of the car down by producing efficiency and investing in innovation. Goal was increased satisfaction of the customer. Improved labor conditions and made stockholders wealthy.
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