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DSST Ethics in America exam covers the basics of ethics in practice: topics including ethical religious traditions, ethical analysis of real-world issues, embryonic stemcell research, euthanasia, affirmative action, criminal justice and capital punishment.
The exam contains 100 questions to be answered in 2 hours.
Exam contents, in brief:
1. Contemporary Foundational Issues – 15% a. Relativism b. Subjectivism c. Determinism and Free Will d. Relationship between morality and religion
2. Ethical Traditions – 35% a. Greek views: Thucydides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Stoic, Epicureanism b. Religious Traditions c. Law and Justice: Epictetus, Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Jefferson, Kant, Royce, King, Rawls, Nozick d. Consequentialist Ethics: Epicurus, Smith, Bentham, Mill, Rand e. Feminist/Womanist Ethics: Gilligan, Nodding
3. Ethical Analysis of real world issues – 50% a. Morality, relationships, and sexuality (e.g. pornography, adultery, prostitution, LGBT) b. Life and death issues (e.g. abortion, euthanasia, suicide, assisted suicide) c. Economic issues (inequality, poverty, equal opportunity commodification) d. Civil rights (racism, affirmative action) e. Criminal Justice and Punishment (e.g. capital punishment, retributive justice, drug policy) f. War and peace (e.g. Just War tradition) g. Life centered and human centered ethics (e.g. animals, environmental issues) h. Human rights i. Biomedical ethics (e.g. experimentation, embryonic stem cell research, human subjects, organ donation)
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