Ethics Ch.6

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

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

False

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

NOT How important are people?

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

True

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

d. Acting out of a will to do the right thing.

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

True

According to Kant, moral obligations are hypothetical in nature.

False

According to Kant, what has the highest intrinsic value?

People

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, we are morally responsible for which of the following?

b. For our motive to do good or bad.

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

a. First

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

False

Stoicism, which is a form of deontological ethics, maintains that

a. We are unable to control the consequences of our actions.

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

False

A good paraphrase of Kant's second form of the categorical imperative is

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

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

True

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

False

Moral "oughts" are all of the following except

Supported by laws

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

True

The illustration in the beginning of chapter five suggests using humans as "guinea pigs" was immoral because

The persons in the experiment had not consented to the study

Hypothetical imperatives are

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

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

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

FALSE

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

NOT How important are people?

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

TRUE

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

d. Acting out of a will to do the right thing.

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

TRUE

According to Kant, moral obligations are hypothetical in nature.

FALSE

According to Kant, what has the highest intrinsic value?

People

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, we are morally responsible for which of the following?

b. For our motive to do good or bad.

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

a. First

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

FALSE

Stoicism, which is a form of deontological ethics, maintains that

a. We are unable to control the consequences of our actions.

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

FALSE

A good paraphrase of Kant's second form of the categorical imperative is

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

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

TRUE

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

FALSE

Moral "oughts" are all of the following except

Supported by laws

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

TRUE

The illustration in the beginning of chapter five suggests using humans as "guinea pigs" was immoral because

The persons in the experiment had not consented to the study

Hypothetical imperatives are

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