Exam 6: Nonconsequentialist Theories: Do Your Duty

Many philosophers insist that the teleological character of nature has never been supported by:

A serious criticism of Kant's theory is that:

Aquinas says that judging the rightness of actions is a matter of:

In natural law theory,the emphasis on reason makes morality independent of:

The doctrine of ______ is the principle that performing a good action may be permissible even if it has bad effects,but performing a bad action for the purpose of achieving good effects is never permissible.

The traditional natural law theorist maintains that:

Applying the second formulation of the categorical imperative to the act of lying to a friend on important matters would show that the action is impermissible because:

Categorical imperatives are:

Consider this scenario: A pregnant woman has cancer and will die unless she receives chemotherapy to destroy the tumors.If she takes the chemotherapy to destroy the tumors,the fetus will die.According to the doctrine of double effect,is it morally permissible for her to do so?

A categorical imperative tells us:

According to Kant,sometimes we use people to achieve some end,yet our actions are not wrong because:

Duties that absolutely must be followed without fail are known as:

According to Aquinas,the first precept of natural law theory is:

Consider this comment from the philosopher C.D.Broad regarding Kant's means-end principle: "If we isolate a man who is a carrier of typhoid,we are treating him merely as a cause of infection to others.But,if we refuse to isolate him,we are treating other people merely as means to his comfort and culture." This example suggests that:

The idea that we must always treat people (including ourselves)as ends in themselves,never merely as things of instrumental value,is known as the:

The moral theory that says the morally right action is the one that follows the dictates of nature is known as:

According to Kant,if we treat a cashier as a means to the end of buying food,we perform an action that is:

Kant says that some duties generated by the categorical imperative are absolute-they are perfect duties.So regarding the perfect duty not to lie,Kant would insist that lying is:

Like many moral theories,Kant's system fails to:

The absolutism of natural law theory-the fact that some actions are always wrong (or right)regardless of circumstances-would not bother: