Chapter 6. Deontological Ethics and Immanuel Kant

TRUE/FALSE
1 : Kants first form of the categorical imperative is derived from the idea that moral obligation as
universally binding.
A : true
B : false

Correct Answer : A

2 : According to Kant, the shopkeeper who charges an equal price of all her customers because
she likes them is acting out of duty.
A : true
B : false

Correct Answer : B

3 : 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.
A : true
B : false

Correct Answer : A

4 : According to Kant the moral worth of an act is determined by its consequences.
A : true
B : false

Correct Answer : B

5 : According to Kant, to act with a good will means to do what will benefit others.
A : true
B : false

Correct Answer : B

6 : According to Kant, one can do what is right and that action still may not have moral worth.
A : true
B : false

Correct Answer : A

7 : According to Kant, because persons are ends they ought not to be used as means to ends.
A : true
B : false

Correct Answer : A

8 : 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.
A : true
B : false
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