Ethics Lesson 1: Moral Disposition Framework
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The word '______' is frequently used in legal relationships.

duty

[Blank] Duties are defined as perfect.

Legal

For a ______ Duty, both the right deed and the subjective side are demanded.

Moral

Law, in general, leaves the ______ out of consideration.

<p>disposition</p> Signup and view all the answers

Morality is concerned essentially with ______ and demands that the deed should be done out of simple regard for Duty.

<p>intention</p> Signup and view all the answers

The legally right conduct is ______ in so far as its moving principle is the regard for the right.

<p>moral</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Justice' is often about overriding ______.

<p>principles</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ question is often raised when people differ over how they believe a situation should be addressed or resolved.

<p>fairness</p> Signup and view all the answers

In an organizational context, ______ usually comes down to applying the same rules, standards, and criteria in similar situations.

<p>fairness</p> Signup and view all the answers

The purpose of fairness is to reduce the role of ______ in one’s decision making.

<p>bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fairness is concerned with actions, processes, and consequences that are morally ______, honorable, and equitable.

<p>right</p> Signup and view all the answers

We tend to think and speak in terms of ______ when we are dealing with the behavior of individuals and everyday interpersonal relationships.

<p>fairness</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fairness and fair play are less ______ terms than justice or equity.

<p>lofty</p> Signup and view all the answers

The moral obligations arising from the core ethical value of fairness are almost always associated with the exercise of ______ to render judgements.

<p>power</p> Signup and view all the answers

There are two aspects of fairness: ______ results (substantive fairness) and fair procedures (procedural fairness).

<p>fair</p> Signup and view all the answers

The moral duty to be ______ places constraints on our judgements and actions.

<p>fair</p> Signup and view all the answers

Treat all people ______ based on their merits and abilities and handle all essentially similar situations similarly and with consistency.

<p>equitably</p> Signup and view all the answers

Make all decisions on appropriate ______, without undue favoritism or improper prejudice.

<p>criteria</p> Signup and view all the answers

Promptly and voluntarily correct personal institutional ______ and improprieties.

<p>mistakes</p> Signup and view all the answers

Not take unfair advantage of people’s ______ or ignorance.

<p>mistakes</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fully consider the rights, interests, and perspectives of all ______, approach judgements with open-minded impartiality.

<p>stakeholders</p> Signup and view all the answers

Justice means giving each person what he or she ______ or, in more traditional terms, giving each person his or her due.

<p>deserves</p> Signup and view all the answers

Justice and ______ are closely related terms that are often today used interchangeably.

<p>fairness</p> Signup and view all the answers

While justice in the broader sense is often thought of as transcendental, justice as ______ is more context-bound.

<p>fairness</p> Signup and view all the answers

If the judge's nephew receives a suspended sentence for armed robbery when another offender unrelated to the judge goes to ______ for the same crime, we say that it's unfair.

<p>jail</p> Signup and view all the answers

We also believe it isn't fair when a person is punished for something over which he or she had no ______, or isn't compensated for a harm he or she suffered.

<p>control</p> Signup and view all the answers

There are different kinds of ______, namely: distributive justice, retributive justice, etc.

<p>justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

Distributive justice refers to the extent to which society's institutions ensure that benefits and burdens are distributed among society's members in ways that are ______ and just.

<p>fair</p> Signup and view all the answers

Retributive or corrective justice refers to the extent to which ______ are fair and just.

<p>punishments</p> Signup and view all the answers

It would be barbarously ______ to chop off a person's hand for stealing a dime.

<p>unjust</p> Signup and view all the answers

Studies have frequently shown that when blacks murder whites, they are much more likely to receive ______ sentences than when whites murder whites or blacks murder blacks.

<p>death</p> Signup and view all the answers

We say that it's unfair when a person is punished for something over which he or she had no ______.

<p>control</p> Signup and view all the answers

People often frame ______ issues in terms of fairness and invoke principles of justice and fairness to explain their satisfaction or dissatisfaction.

<p>justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

They want institutions to treat them fairly and to operate according to fair ______.

<p>rules</p> Signup and view all the answers

What constitutes fair treatment and fair rules is often expressed by a variety of ______ principles.

<p>justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

The most fundamental principle of ______, one that has been widely accepted since it was first defined by Aristotle more than two thousand years ago, is the principle that “equals should be treated equally and unequal unequally”.

<p>justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

For example, if Pedro and Juan both do the same work, and there are no relevant differences between them or the work they are doing, then in ______ they should be paid the same wages.

<p>justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

And if Jack is paid more than Jill simply because he is a man, or because he is white, then we have an ______, a form of discrimination-because race and sex are not relevant to normal work situations.

<p>injustice</p> Signup and view all the answers

The principles of ______ and fairness can be thought of as rules of “fair play” for issues of social justice.

<p>justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

Whether they turn out to be grounded in universal laws or ones that are more ______-bound, these principles determine the way in which the various types of justice are carried out.

<p>context</p> Signup and view all the answers

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