Our DANTES study guides are different! Our three part series - the Ethics in America DANTES/DSST study guide - TEACHES you what you need to know to pass the test. We have more than just pages of sample test questions. Our easy to understand study guide will TEACH you the information. We've condensed what you need to know into a manageable book - one that will leave you completely prepared to tackle the test. This study guide includes sample test questions that will test your knowledge and understanding of the information presented.
This study guide, part two of three will cover the following topics:
Moral Law: Epictetus, Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke, Jefferson, Kant, etc.
View of Human Nature
Basis of Natural Law
Natural Rights and Duties
Relationship of Natural Law to Religious Belief
Source of Political Authority
Social Contract
Relationship of Natural Law and Human Law
Justifiability of Revolution or Civil Disobedience
Equality and Liberty
Deontological vs. Consequential Moral Frameworks
Hypothetical and Categorical Imperatives
Good Will and Duty for Its Own Sake
Persons as Ends in Themselves, Not as Means Only
Loyalty and Virtue
Relationship of Morality to Self-Interest and Happiness
Conceptions of Justice
Fairness and Distributive Justice
Euthanasia
Consequential Ethics: Epicurus, Bentham, Mill
Consequential vs. Deontological Moral Frameworks
Hedonism and Kinds of Pleasure
Self-Interest or Prudence and the Common Good
Principle of Utility or Greatest Happiness Principle
Felicific Calculus
Conscience and External Sanctions of Morality
Self-Regarding and Other Regarding Conduct
Individual Liberty and the Limits of the State’s Authority
Feminist Ethics
Critique of Standard Ethics
Alternative Visions – Care Ethic and Ethic of Trust
Medical Ethics
Sample Test Questions
Test-Taking Strategies
Test Preparation
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