Question 1

Label as Hypothetical (H)or Categorical (C)imperatives. 
Whether or not you want to tell her the truth, you ought to do so.

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Question 2

The reason why it is wrong to make a lying promise, according to Kant, is because this act cannot be willed as a general practice without contradiction.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Using Kant's second form of the categorical imperative, explain why it should be wrong to steal bread in order to feed a starving child.

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Question 4

According to Kant, it is wrong to lie in order to prevent a murder.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to Kant, to act with a "good will" means to do what will benefit others.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 6

According to Kant, because persons are ends they ought not to be used as means to ends.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to Kant, an obligation or "ought" is categorical when it is something we ought to do in order to achieve some ends or goals that we have.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 8

Label as Hypothetical (H)or Categorical (C)imperatives. 
If I want to achieve fame and fortune I should work for it.

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H

Question 9

Label as Hypothetical (H)or Categorical (C)imperatives. 
I should vote for this proposal so that the others will later vote for mine.

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I...

Question 10

Using Kant's first form of the categorical imperative, explain why Kant believes that lying is always wrong.

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Immanuel Kant, the 18th-century German p...

Question 11

According to Kant, the shopkeeper who charges an equal price of all her customers because she likes them is acting "out of duty."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to Kant, which of the following has the highest intrinsic value?

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A)  Beauty
B)  Justice
C)  Personhood
D)  HappinessE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 13

According to Kant, the highest moral activity happens as a result of

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A)  Acting out of a will to do the right thing.
B)  Putting the rights of others before our own rights.
C)  Acting in ways that benefit everyone.
D)  Acting to prevent harm.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Moral "oughts" are all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  Unconditional.
B)  Anchored in the fact that all people are alike as persons.
C)  Necessary.
D)  Supported by laws.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

According to Kant, one can do what is right and that action still may not have "moral worth."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following best paraphrases Kant's second form of the categorical imperative?

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A)  Think before you act.
B)  Treat others as well as you can without denying yourself what you need.
C)  Treat yourself well but watch out for others also.
D)  Don't use people unless it is in their best interest.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

"Act only on that maxim you can will to become universal law" is known as which form of Kant's categorical imperative?

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A)  First
B)  Second
C)  Only
D)  ThirdE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 18

According to Kant, moral obligations are hypothetical in nature.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to Kant, we are morally responsible for which of the following?

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A)  For people's understandings of our actions.
B)  For anticipating the effect of our action.
C)  For the actual result of our action.
D)  For our motive to do good or bad.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Label as Hypothetical (H)or Categorical (C)imperatives. 
I ought to tell the truth because the only way I could lie and get away with it is if people generally are honest. I would be expecting others then to behave in ways that I myself would not.

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Exam 6: Deontological Ethics and Immanuel Kant

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Using Kant's second form of the categorical imperative, explain why it should be wrong to steal bread in order to feed a starving child.

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Label as Hypothetical (H)or Categorical (C)imperatives. If I want to achieve fame and fortune I should work for it.

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Using Kant's first form of the categorical imperative, explain why Kant believes that lying is always wrong.

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According to Kant, the shopkeeper who charges an equal price of all her customers because she likes them is acting "out of duty."

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According to Kant, which of the following has the highest intrinsic value?

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According to Kant, the highest moral activity happens as a result of

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Moral "oughts" are all of the following EXCEPT

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According to Kant, one can do what is right and that action still may not have "moral worth."

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Which of the following best paraphrases Kant's second form of the categorical imperative?

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"Act only on that maxim you can will to become universal law" is known as which form of Kant's categorical imperative?

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According to Kant, moral obligations are hypothetical in nature.

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According to Kant, we are morally responsible for which of the following?

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