4.4 Kant Reading Quiz
If one tells the truth so one's friends will like one, then one's action has moral worth according to Kant.
False
Which of the following is an example of a categorical imperative.
Act only on that maxim that you can will to be universal law without contraction.
Kant's moral theory is best described as _________________.
Deontological
What is a maxim?
It is a general description of one's action--one that includes one's reason for acting.
According to the Categorical Imperative, one must act only on that maxim that one can will to be universal law without contradiction.
True
Kant's moral theory is an objective moral theory because there is some fact of the matter as to ______.
Why we do what we do.
Which of the following is a categorical imperative? Select one: a. If you want to pass, you ought to study. b. You ought to study. c. You ought to charge fair prices if you want to be taken seriously.
You ought to study.
Which of the following is a hypothetical imperative? Select one: a. If you want to be happy, you ought to be kind to others. b. If you want to get your picture in the paper, you ought to rescue drowning children. c. You ought to study for the exam if you want to study. d. all of the above. e. none of the above.
d. all of the above
Kant believes that to be moral is to be _______.
rational