Quiz 5.4

A prima facie duty is one that Question options: A) Never conflicts with other duties. B) Can never be violated under any circumstance. C) Is morally binding unless it conflicts with a more important duty. D) Defines our actually duty in a particular set of circumstances.

C)

According to Kant, the basis for the categorical imperative is Question options: A) Human psychology. B) The need for an orderly society. C) Rational consistency. D) The overall happiness it promotes.

C)

According to Kant's philosophy, the statement "If you want people to be good to you, you should be good to them" is Question options: A) the basis of all true morality. B) a hypothetical imperative. C) the first version of the categorical imperative. D) the second version of the categorical imperative.

B)

According to Kant, every moral rule has its exceptions. Question options: A) true B) false

B)

According to Kant, the morality of an action depends upon external circumstances and situations. Question options: A) true B) false

B)

According to Kant, the only thing that has intrinsic value is pleasure. Question options: A) true B) false

B)

According to Kant, the statement "Be kind to others if you want others to be kind to you" is Question options: A) The rational principle of morality. B) A hypothetical imperative. C) The first version of the categorical imperative. D) The second version of the categorical imperative.

B)

According to Kant, unless doing your duty is something you enjoy, you are not acting morally. Question options: A) true B) false

B)

Immanuel Kant said that the only thing in the world that has an absolute, unqualified moral value is Question options: A) God B) a good will C) the trait of moderation D) happiness

B)

Kant believed that all true ethics was based on religion. Question options: A) true B) false

B)

Kant says that it is impossible to treat others as both a means and an end. Question options: A) true B) false

B)

Which of the following claims made by utilitarians would Kant reject? Question options: A) Ethical principles are objective. B) Ethics concerns only our relations with others, for we have no moral duties to ourselves. C) There can be a difference between what society thinks is moral, and what really is. D) all of the above.

B)

Immanuel Kant's ethics is an example of deontological ethics. Question options: A) true B) false

A)

In Kant's ethics, a principle is universalizable if we could rationally will that everyone would act on it. Question options: A) true B) false

A)

Kant believed it would be right to tell the truth even if we thought the consequences would be bad. Question options: A) true B) false

A)

Kant rejected the notion that ethics was based on human psychology. Question options: A) true B) false

A)

The second version of the categorical imperative says Question options: A) treat people as an end and never as a means only. B) decide if the consequences of your action would make people happy. C) ask yourself if you would want everyone to follow your example. D) think about how you would feel if people knew what you did.

A)

Universal ethical egoists, utilitarians, and Kantians all reject ethical relativism. Question options: A) true B) false

A)

W.D. Ross does not think prima facie duties can be ranked in terms of priority. Question options: A) true B) false

A)

Which one of the following actions would have moral worth, according to Kant? Question options: A) Smith wants to lie in order to avoid an embarrassment but tells the truth anyway because it is the right thing to do. B) Smith has so developed the virtue of truthfulness that he happily and naturally tells the truth without even thinking about it. C) Smith wants to lie but chooses to tell the truth because it will in the long run create greater happiness for all concerned. D) Smith wants to lie, but because he is afraid of getting caught in a lie he tells the truth.

A)

According to the first version of Kant's categorical imperative, lying is always immoral because if your maxim "lie whenever you feel you need to" were to become a universal law, Question options: A) society would become chaotic. B) you might be lied to as well. C) you would no longer be able to achieve your goal by lying and the universal law would negate itself. D) everyone would become liars and, since liars cannot secure their own happiness, everyone would be miserable.

C)

The second version of Kant's categorical imperative implies that Question options: A) A person's value is determined by his usefulness in helping societies in which he functions to achieve their ends. B) We must always respect other people's feelings and opinions. C) Sometimes we must tell people things that are painful to them in order for them to make a rational and informed decision. D) Human beings should never be used as means.

C)

Which of the following is NOT a consequentialist theory of morality? Question options: A) Utilitarianism B) Ethical Egoism C) Kantian ethics

C)

According to Kant's philosophy, which of the following commands could be universalized? Question options: A) Tell the truth only when it is convenient to do so. B) Give all of your money to those who have less than you do. C) Always charge less for your product than your competitors. D) Always keep your promises.

D)

According to Kant, a work of art has ________ value, but people have ________ value. Question options: A) hypothetical/ categorical B) aesthetic/ emotional C) instrumental/ extrinsic D) conditional/ absolute

D)

According to Kant, an action has moral worth if Question options: A) it achieves good consequences B) we feel good about doing it C) it conforms to our duty D) it is done from a sense of duty

D)