Chapter 20 Philosphy Test
Chapter 20 Philosophy Test
- 1.Autonomy:
- A.
Kant's formula for determining whether an action can apply universally or to all rational beings.
- B.
Self-directed actions taken as a result of an individual exercising both rationality and freedom of choice.
- C.
The series of events or effects that follow as a result of some act or event.
- 2.Categorical imperative:
- A.
Kant's formula for determining whether an action can apply universally or to all rational beings.
- B.
Statements or beliefs which do not contradict one another
- C.
The philosophical study of morality
- 3.Consequences:
- A.
The philosophical study of morality
- B.
Statements or beliefs which do not contradict one another
- C.
The series of events or effects that follow as a result of some act or event.
- 4.Consistency:
- A.
Self-directed actions taken as a result of an individual exercising both rationality and freedom of choice.
- B.
Statements or beliefs which do not contradict one another
- C.
A moral principle typically associated with Christianity and attributed to Jesus in which a person is directed to do unto others.
- 5.Ethics:
- A.
A rule of directive for action. An ought or should statement
- B.
The Philosophical study of morality.
- C.
A reason or rule according to which someone acts on a particular occasion.
- 6.Golden Rule Ethics:
- A.
A moral principle typically associated with Christianity and attributed to Jesus in which a person is directed to do unto others.
- B.
The Philosophical study of morality.
- C.
Statements or beliefs which do not contradict one another
- 7.Imperative:
- A.
A reason or rule according to which someone acts on a particular occasion.
- B.
The series of events or effects that follow as a result of some act or event.
- C.
A rule of directive for action. An ought or should statement
- 8.Maxim:
- A.
The philosophical study of morality
- B.
A reason or rule according to which someone acts on a particular occasion.
- C.
The series of events or effects that follow as a result of some act or event.
- 9.According to Immanuel Kant, the source of morality is:
- A.
Divine commands
- B.
Pleasure
- C.
Reason
- 10.The only thing that is good without qualification is, for Kant,
- A.
A good will
- B.
Gifts of nature such as courage and resolution
- C.
Gifts of fortune, such as health and power
- 11.Withing the Kantian moral system, a maxim is?
- A.
The highest good
- B.
Laws enacted unjustly
- C.
The rule or reason by which a person acts
- 12.The categorical imperative asks:
- A.
"Is a maxim of my action the most beneficial?"
- B.
"Can the maxim of my action give the greatest pleasure?"
- C.
"Can I will the maxim of my action to be a universal law?"
- 13.For Kant, if an action can be made a universal law then:
- A.
All autonomous beings will act according to it
- B.
All autonomous beings could act according to it
- C.
All autonomous beings have already acted according to it
- 14.Kant uses the following example to illustrate an application of the categorical imperative:
- A.
Making a false promise
- B.
Peeping in someone's window
- C.
Joining the military
- 15.According to a second formulation of the categorical imperative persons:
- A.
Are only to be treated as ends, and never as means
- B.
Are to be treated as ends, and only as means if that is beneficial overall
- C.
Can be treated as a means as long as no cruelty is involved.
- 16.Kantian ethics is an attempt to describe a morality that:
- A.
Guarantees eternal salvation
- B.
Allows one to live a happy life
- C.
Reflect the dignity of persons
- 17.A traditional problem with the Kantian system of morality is:
- A.
How to get people to do what is moral
- B.
Resolving apparent conflicts between competing duties
- C.
Teaching children how to action such abstract thinking
- 18.Scriptural divine command theories hold that we should obey God's commands as these are embodied in a set of sacred scriptures.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.The natural law ethics of Thomas Aquinas claims that we have a moral obligation to pursue those goods toward which we are naturally inclined.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.In his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant claims that ethics relies on a consideration of consequences.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Kant argues that every human being has a price and the trick is to calculate the exact value of each person.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.For Kant, to respect a person as an end is to respect her capacity to freely and knowingly choose for herself what she will dot
- A.
True
- B.
False
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