HUM105 - Module 6 Quiz Study Guide

According to Kant, the shopkeeper who charges an equal price of all her customers because she likes them is acting "out of duty."

False

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

False

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

True

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.

True

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

Acting out of a will to do the right thing.

According to Kant, moral obligations are hypothetical in nature.

False

Which of the following best paraphrases Kant's second form of the categorical imperative?

Don't use people unless it is in their best interest.

"If you want to pass the exam, then you should study" is an example of a categorical imperative.

False

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

False

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.

False

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

First

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

For our motive to do good or bad.

Hypothetical imperatives are

Like suggesting we should use what works to arrive at a goal.

According to Kant, which of the following has the highest intrinsic value?

Personhood

Moral "oughts" are all of the following EXCEPT

Supported by laws.

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

True

According to Kant, it is wrong to lie in order to prevent a murder.​

True

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

True

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

What ought I do?

Which of the following is NOT a deontological theory of ethics?​

​Egoism.