SOSC 2351 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nobel Peace Prize, Deontological Ethics, Active Citizenship
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Terms: (definition and understanding of how it is used in and relates to course) Active citizenship: people getting involved in their local communities and democracy at all levels, from towns to cities to nationwide activity. Can be as small as campaign to clean up your street, educating. Deontological ethics: moral obligation to do our duty; focus on rules/commands. View of humanity: people need rules, laws and regulations to guide them. Aim: to produce person that is obedient to god. Motivating/renewing moral commitments: reward/punishment in next life (divine. Legitimating: divine relation in: 1) sacred texts 2) human reason 3) community mercy) Criticizing moral norms: both conservative and revolutionary (prophetic religion, but (cid:862)right (cid:449)ay(cid:863) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e restri(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e. Seeks to enforce what the law actually says, rather than what it could or should say. Sees law as a set of rules and principles independent of other political and social institutions. Basis of human dignity; individual and collective self-determination.
