BUS201 CH 1

EX: Donald Trump agreed to sell weaponry to Saudi Arabia to aid in their fight against ISIS, even though Saudi Arabia has a poor human rights record like poor treatment of women, free speech, criminal justice. Match these two perspectives to Weber or Bromfield: 1. This is a good approach as it protect the US people from ISIS. SA poor human rights record doesn't matter. 2. This is not a good approach, as protecting our own people may mean protecting the rights of the citizens in other nations. Not protecting the people of SA could result in a uproar from them, and in turn, danger the US people.

1. Weber 2. Bromfield

What are the 3 primary reasons to support corporate social responsibility?

1. corporations are granted certain rights 2. corporate decision making clearly has an impact on more people than just the shareholders and managers 3. ethically responsible corporations benefit by creating goodwill for themselves (enlightened self-interest)

Utalitarianism application steps:

1. the action to be evaluated should be stated in unemotional, general terms 2. every person or class of people that will be affected by the action must be identified 3. good and bad consequences in relation to those people affected must be considered 4. once 4 steps carried out, a conclusion must be reached

Humans have two core rights:

1. the right to live 2. the right to live in peace and security

The Golden Rule:

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

Subject matter jurisdiction in federal court cannot arise in cases of diversity if no federal law is involved

FALSE

What doctrine declares that leadership of every nation has the definitive duty to protect its own people from four major threats (genocide, war crimes, ethic cleansing, and crimes against humanity)?

Responsibility to Protect (R2P) proposed by the UN

Hobbes focuses on the rights rather than the duties.

TRUE

T/F: Any law not grounded in morality cannot be considered an ethically valid law

TRUE

What is an unstable state?

Those in which the government suppresses its own people, thus, inviting revolt

T/F: Corporations are legal persons

True

Who fashioned the idea of ethic of responsibilities?

Weber

Generally, if the Florida Supreme Court issues a decision, that decision would be considered

binding precedent in all Florida STATE courts

The government has 2 primary objectives to justify its proper use of power:

1. protect its own existence 2. protect the lives, health, and well-being of its citizens

T/F: Negative rights theory holds that rights are a human invention desgined to help people escape the moral law

TRUE

The ethic of ultimate ends that applies to individuals means what?

That although individuals can never see foresee the ultimate ends to their actions, they still must practice basic moral codes like turn the other cheek or love your neighbor. even when unclear or uncomfortable

The main shortcoming of the ethical dyad is that leaders cannot execute the _______ of ______-

ethic of responsibility

The law accomplishes its objectives by

defining the duties and right of the people

Ethics have and always will be about one thing:

human behavior

Identity politics emerges when

people of a particular race, ethnicity, gender, or religion form alliances and organize politically to defend their group's interests

The ethic of responsibilities that applies to national leaders means what?

the moral actors must consider their responsibilities to those people who depend on them for safety and security

Where does The Golden Rule originate from?

the system of rational ethics founded by Immanuel Kant

A descriptive theory describes:

the values at work within a social system

Rational ethics asserts that:

unequivocally that human beings, because of their innate capacity for rational thought, can determine the nature and application of ethical values

According to ______, whether an action is moral or not depends on the ultimate effect of that action

utalitarianism

Morals are defined as:

values that govern the difference between right and wrong and good and evil

Kant believes: Hobbes believes: Bentham/Mill:

Kant: actions are right and wrong in and of themselves Hobbes: right and wrong depend on the social contract made by the constituents of the nation-state Bentham/Mill: right and wrong depends on consequences

T/F: Morality is more fundamental than law

TRUE

______ refers to the body of previously recorded legal decisions made by the courts in specific cases

common law

A system of thought that focuses on the consequences to one person or institution and then weighs that cost against the benefits of performing the action under scrutiny

cost-benefit thinking (cost-effective thinking in terms of accounting)

Weber supports the idea of a ______ or two-level system of morality in government

dyadic

the prescriptive theory explains

how to come up with the values that permit a society to run smoothly

The expression of nonjudgmentalism is ____ and _____

illogical self-contradictory

Francis Bacon concluded that human nature is:

inherently evil

Jean Jacques Rousseau concluded that human nature is:

inherently good

Bromfield suggests that major powers develop ______ alliances

military

People will always argue about _____ and the _____-

morality law

Hyper-intolerance is defined as:

open hostility to the views, ideas, traditions, principles, and beliefs held and practiced by others

The law consists of: This is to maintain:

rules of conduct establish by the government of a society harmony, stability, and justice

Martin Luther challenged the church's interpretation of salvation which resulted in the _________ revolution

scientific

Traditional natural law theory is a system of ethical thought that:

sees an unbreakable link joining the law and natural property

Ethic is defined as:

the attempt to develop a universal and consistent system by which we can explain why certain values exist and how those values should be applied to human behavior

The law provides a way to protect the people by enforcing these duties through"

the courts, executive branch, and legislature

Utalitarianism is an ethical theory that says that:

the ethical quality of an action is determined by its ultimate effects the more good results, the more ethical the action

Failed states are those in which:

the government has completely collapsed or has become so ineffective that they can no longer provide resources or secruity

Social contract ethics hold that right and wrong are measured by:

the obligations imposed on each individual by an implied agreement or contract among all people within a particular social system

Penumbra rights

those that are found in those indeterminate or indistinct shadow areas associated with more uniformly accepted rights, such as the right to a safe and secure life.

What is a rogue state?

those that have stepped outside the parameters of international law and become outlaws in the global community

Nonjudgmentalism is the tendency to be:

tolerant of every type of behavior even the most reprehensible acts SO THAT your own reprehensible acts will not be judged by others

modern natural law sees the law as originating from an objective origin point, however, that origin point is neither ______ nor ______ but is conceived of the _____ _____

transcendent or supernatural human mind