Deck 6: Deontological Ethics and Immanuel Kant

Question 1

According to Kant the moral worth of an act is determined by its consequences.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

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

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.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A good paraphrase of Kant's second form of the categorical imperative is

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.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The illustration in the beginning of chapter five suggests using humans as "guinea pigs" was immoral because

A) The experiment was performed on African-American men.
B) The experiment was unsuccessful and a lot of people were hurt.
C) The persons in the experiment had not consented to the study.
D) People should never be used for scientific research.

Question 5

Moral "oughts" are all of the following except

A) Unconditional.
B) Anchored in the fact that all people are alike as persons.
C) Necessary.
D) Supported by laws.

Question 6

According to Kant,what has the highest intrinsic value?

A) Beauty
B) Justice
C) People
D) Happiness

Question 7

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

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.

Question 8

Hypothetical imperatives are

A) Complicated philosophical constructs seeking to arrive at moral goal.
B) Like suggesting we should use what works to arrive at a goal.
C) Actions that,in theory,should always be taken given certain circumstances
D) Actions all people should take to arrive at the same goal.

Question 9

According to Kant,moral obligations are hypothetical in nature.

Question 10

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.

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."

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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.

Question 15

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

A) First
B) Second
C) Only
D) Third

Question 16

Compare the principle of utility as a consequentialist moral principle with the categorical imperative as a non-consequentialist moral principle.

Question 17

According to MacKinnon,which of the following was one of main two questions Kant asked?

A) What ought I do?
B) How do I choose right action?
C) Why should I act?
D) How important are people?

Question 18

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

Question 19

Kant's first form of the categorical imperative is derived from the nature of moral obligation as universally binding.

Question 20

State two practical differences between a perfect and an imperfect duty.