CH 11 ETHICS KANT: GROUNDWORK FOR THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS

T/F According to Kant, pure moral philosophy is partly empirical.

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T/F According to Kant, that we have freedom of the will can be demonstrated by experience.

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T/F According to Kant, whether an act is morally right depends on the consequences of the act.

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T/F Kant claims that moral obligations are hypothetical imperatives.

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T/F Kant argues that there is a single supreme principle of morality.

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According to Kant, moral laws are: a. necessary and apply to all rational beings. b. contingent and apply only to human beings. c. culturally relative. d. grounded in God's commands.

a. necessary and apply to all rational beings.

According to Kant, morality requires us to: a. perform the action that leads to the greatest total happiness. b. act only on maxims that we can will to become universal laws. c. behave only in such a way as a perfectly virtuous person would behave. d. place the interests of others above the interests of ourselves.

b. act only on maxims that we can will to become universal laws.

According to Kant, laws of nature are laws according to which __________, and laws of freedom are laws according to which __________. a. everything will happen; everything will happen b. everything will happen; everything ought to happen c. everything ought to happen; everything will happen d. everything ought to happen; everything ought to happen

b. everything will happen; everything ought to happen

Kant claims that the moral law is given to each person by: a. society. b. one's own will. c. God. d. Nature.

b. one's own will.

According to Kant, the supreme principle of morality is: a. analytic and a priori. b. analytic and a posteriori. c. synthetic and a priori. d. synthetic and a posteriori.

c. synthetic and a priori.

According to Kant, the moral worth of an action depends on: a. the moral character of the agent who performs it. b. the consequences of the action. c. the maxim that is acted on. d. all of the above.

c. the maxim that is acted on.

According to Kant, the basis of morality is the concept of: a. charity. b. fairness. c. piety. d. freedom.

d. freedom.

Kant claims that the natural purpose of reason is to: a. produce happiness. b. produce pleasure. c. produce knowledge. d. produce a good will.

d. produce a good will.