Ethics Quizzes

Which of the following principles happens to be Kant's first version of the categorical imperative?

Act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it become a universal law

Kant claims that the dictates of morality are:

Categorical Imperatives

What is the best (as in dominant) strategy in the prisoner's dilemna

Defect/Confess/Seek War

According to Thomson, if one grants that a fetus is a person form the moment at conception, then it follows that abortion is always wrong... True or False

False

Hobbes Foole is a person who keeps his agreements even when others refuse to do so... True or False

False

Warren argues that most elective (non-rape/ non-life-threatening) abortions are immoral.... True of False

False

`According to Hobbes, the state of nature is a peaceful place.. True or False

False

The letters in FLO stand for:

Future Like Ours

Marquis claims that contraception is:

Importantly different from abortion, and thus morally acceptable

According to Rachels, what is the biggest problem with social contract theories:

It does not protect the weak

Which of the following principles happens to be Kant's second version of the categorical imperative?

So act that you use humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means

Which of the following is not one of Rawl's principles of justice?

Socioeconomic inequalities should be arranged so as to maximize overall happiness

According to Kant, the supreme principle of morality is:

Synthetic and a priori

According to Hobbes, humans are naturally equal.. True or False

True

Marquis argues that most elective (non-rape/ non-life-threatening) abortions are immoral... True or False

True

According to Kant, the only thing that is good without qualification is:

a good will

According to Rawls, we can enter the original position:

at any time, by simply following a certain procedure

Rawls claim that when his two principles of justice come into conflict:

first principle (concerning liberty) takes precedence over the second

According to Gauthier, deliberative justification:

ignores morality an seemingly replaces

Kant claims that an action is morally good only if:

it conforms to the moral law

According to Kant, moral laws are:

necessary and apply to all rational beings

The case of the violinist is meant to show that:

the right to life does not entail the right not to be killed

Gauthier claims that the best test of the justifiability of our existing moral practices:

whether they secure hypothetical agreement