PHIL 1273 UNIT 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
According to Sandel, one prominent approach to justice in our culture focuses on the
protection of rights. - Answer -True
According to Kant, a good will is not influenced by psychological drives like emotions--it
just wants to obey the moral law. - Answer -True
The "Categorical Imperative" tells us that we should always treat people as means,
never as ends only. - Answer -False
Always treat as end
Like Utilitarianism and deontological ethics, virtue ethics focuses on explaining what
makes specific actions morally right or wrong. - Answer -False
Virtue Ethics looks at the CHARACTER of the person's actions.
According to Mill, all pleasures are of the same kind - e.g., there is no qualitative
difference between the pleasure of watching "The Simpsons" and the pleasure of
watching a play by Shakespeare. - Answer -False
Higher and Lower Pleasures
According to Aristotle, to be moral one must ignore one's inclinations and just seek to
obey the moral law. - Answer -False.
Right desires for the right things
Kant thinks there are different versions of the "Categorical Imperative." - Answer -True
According to Aristotle, people are not virtuous by nature—we all have to have good
habits instilled in us by training. - Answer -True
* Training habits
Jeremy Bentham believed that the goal of morality is the protection of people's natural
rights. - Answer -False
- utility is ultimate goal/feeling
According to Kant, the goal of morality is to increase human wellbeing. - Answer -False
According to Deontologists (e.g., Kant), - Answer -ethical principles are duties we that
we must accept as obligatory if we are to be fully rational.
According to Sandel, contemporary concerns about freedom & liberty have their source
in - Answer -Deontological thought.
According to Kant, autonomous action - Answer -is the kind of action we perform when
we act morally.
According to Sandel, one prominent approach to justice in our culture focuses on the
protection of rights. - Answer -True
According to Kant, a good will is not influenced by psychological drives like emotions--it
just wants to obey the moral law. - Answer -True
The "Categorical Imperative" tells us that we should always treat people as means,
never as ends only. - Answer -False
Always treat as end
Like Utilitarianism and deontological ethics, virtue ethics focuses on explaining what
makes specific actions morally right or wrong. - Answer -False
Virtue Ethics looks at the CHARACTER of the person's actions.
According to Mill, all pleasures are of the same kind - e.g., there is no qualitative
difference between the pleasure of watching "The Simpsons" and the pleasure of
watching a play by Shakespeare. - Answer -False
Higher and Lower Pleasures
According to Aristotle, to be moral one must ignore one's inclinations and just seek to
obey the moral law. - Answer -False.
Right desires for the right things
Kant thinks there are different versions of the "Categorical Imperative." - Answer -True
According to Aristotle, people are not virtuous by nature—we all have to have good
habits instilled in us by training. - Answer -True
* Training habits
Jeremy Bentham believed that the goal of morality is the protection of people's natural
rights. - Answer -False
- utility is ultimate goal/feeling
According to Kant, the goal of morality is to increase human wellbeing. - Answer -False
According to Deontologists (e.g., Kant), - Answer -ethical principles are duties we that
we must accept as obligatory if we are to be fully rational.
According to Sandel, contemporary concerns about freedom & liberty have their source
in - Answer -Deontological thought.
According to Kant, autonomous action - Answer -is the kind of action we perform when
we act morally.
