Midterm Flashcards
The moral perspective in which ones knows the good, proper, and right.
Moral
Form of love that values each person regardless of their individual characteristics or behavior.
Agape
An ethical position meaning one is not able to make a judgment.
Amoral
A moral virtue or distinguishable character trait in which an individual is free from corruption.
Integrity
Defined in a manner that creates a balance between right and wrong.
Moral Exceptions
The worth each individual places on specific nonmoral values that affect and impinge on others, such as winning.
Moral Values
The doctrine that the truth of all knowledge must always be in question or doubt.
Skepticism
The moral value in which one is answerable, accountable, and possibly liable for actions in the past, present, and future
Responsibility
The position that every ethical or moral decision is made on the spot and no consistency is shown between individual decisions.
Situational Ethics
Moral Corrosion
Justice, do not be unfair. Honesty, Do not lie, cheat, steal. Responsibility, Do not be irresponsible. Beneficence, do not be uncivil.
First Principles
The perspective of pushing the rules to the limit without getting caught, using whatever dubious methods necessary to achieve a win.
Gamesmanship
An affirmation of one’s values, always stated in the negative, a principle says what one will not do based on what one morally values.
Values
The moral value in which one holds someone or something in high regard.
Respect
the quality of being fair or impartial.
Equity
The theoretical study of morality. Ethics is also the standard of morality that a profession should follow.
Ethics
Respect for the rules or equal treatment of all concerned.
Fair Play
Behavior when a decision maker first decides to deceive others by consciously covering up or lying about past behavior.
Slippery Slope of Moral
The way of defining a particular act whether it is morally right or wrong.
Justification