ethics quiz 3/4

consent

According to O'Neill, refusing to treat someone as a mere means requires that we treat them in a way to which they could not in principle ___________; we must not deceive nor coerce others.

mere

An important distinction for Kant is between using someone as a means, and using someone as a _______ means; the first is morally innocuous while the second is morally forbidden.

Motivation

For Kant, when we want to figure out if our proposed action is right or wrong, we should look at our _________, or intentions, rather than how much happiness is produced.

A priori

Kant believes that moral truths can be known __________, meaning through reason alone; this differentiates his approach from Mill's empiricism.

categorical

Kant calls his supreme principle of morality the _________ Imperative.

from

Kant distinguishes between acting in accordance with duty and acting ________ duty alone.

Deontology

Kant's moral theory is called _____________.

Singer's

O'Neill argues that Kant's moral theory makes less massive demands on moral agents when it comes to famine relief than does ___________ moral theory.

expressed

O'Neill argues that we must pay attention to people's true intentions, not just their _______ intentions.

beneficense

O'Neill's argument relies on a Kantian distinction between the requirements of justice and of _______.

Bugatti

Singer uses two analogies to show that we are intuitively committed to helping those in dire need: the pond example and the ___________ example.

Universal

The Formula of ________ Law says that we must act on a maxim that we can at the same time will to become universalizable.

End

The Formula of the _______ in Itself requires us to always treat humanity as an end in itself and never as a mere means.