Kant's Categorical Imperative Natural Law
According to Kant, to act with a good will is to act with a desire to do your duty because it is in your best interest to be perceived as a good person.
False
According to Kant, to act with a good will is to act with a desire to do your duty because it is in your interest to be perceived as a good person.
False
According to means-end principle, asking a mechanic to repair a car is immoral because it treats the mechanic as merely a means-to-an-end.
False
According to the categorical imperative, one way to demonstrate that an action is immortal is to show that if its maxim were acted upon, bad consequences would follow.
False
According to the categorical imperative, perfect duties have excuses and should not always be followed.
False
According to the means-end principle, to treat someone as merely a means-to-an-end rather than an end-in herself is to honor the true nature and status of persons.
False
Imperfect duties have no exceptions and absolutely must be followed, without fall.
False
Kant argued that sometimes we must choose between two allegedly perfect duties, which provides plausible evidence against the notion that there are exceptionaless moral rules.
False
Kant explained in detail how we should phrase maxims (the moral rules that describe actions).
False
We should obey a categorical imperative only if we desire the outcome that it specifies.
False
hypothetical imperatives are universal and unconditional and do not contain any stipulations that are contingent on human desires or preferences.
False
According to the means-end principle
All people have equal intrinsic worth
According to Kant, happiness is the foundation of morality.
False
Identify the kind of imperative that the following sentence expresses. "do not lie".
Categorical
According to the categorical imperative, an action is right if.
Its maxim can be universalized and you would be willing to obligate everyone to do it.
A categorical imperative tells us that we should do something in all solutions regardless of our wants and needs.
True
A hypothetical imperative tells us that we should do if we have certain desires
True
A hypothetical imperative tells us what we should do if we have certain desires.
True
According to Kant, actions are right only if they are motivated solely by respect for the moral law.
True
According to Kant, every action implies a general rule, or maxim
True
According to Kant, right actions have moral value only if they are done out of a sense of duty for duty sake.
True
According to categorical imperative, one way to demonstrate that an action is to show that you would not be willing to allow everyone to act on its maxim.
True
According to the categorical imperative, imperfect duties have exceptions and should not always be followed.
True
According to the categorical imperative, perfect duties have no exceptions and are obligated for everyone.
True
According to the means-end principle, asking a mechanic to repair a car is morally permissible because it does not treat him only as a means.
True
Critics argue that our duties not to use people merely as a means can conflict with each other and that Kant did not explain how to resolve those dilemmas.
True
Critics argue that sometimes we must choose between two allegedly perfect duties, which provides plausible evidence against the notion that there are moral rules
True
