Ethics Lesson 1: Moral Disposition Framework

The word '______' is frequently used in legal relationships.

[Blank] Duties are defined as perfect.

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

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

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

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

'Justice' is often about overriding ______.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Promptly and voluntarily correct personal institutional ______ and improprieties.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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”.

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.

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.

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

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.