PHIL 1273 Unit 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed
According to Sandel, one prominent approach to justice in our culture focuses on the protection
of rights. - Answers True
According to Kant, a good will is not influenced by psychological drives like emotions--it just
wants to obey the moral law. - Answers True
The "Categorical Imperative" tells us that we should always treat people as means, never as
ends only. - Answers False
Always treat as end
Like Utilitarianism and deontological ethics, virtue ethics focuses on explaining what makes
specific actions morally right or wrong. - Answers 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. - Answers 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. - Answers False.
Right desires for the right things
Kant thinks there are different versions of the "Categorical Imperative." - Answers True
According to Aristotle, people are not virtuous by nature—we all have to have good habits
instilled in us by training. - Answers True
* Training habits
Jeremy Bentham believed that the goal of morality is the protection of people's natural rights. -
Answers False
- utility is ultimate goal/feeling
According to Kant, the goal of morality is to increase human wellbeing. - Answers False
According to Deontologists (e.g., Kant), - Answers 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 -
Answers Deontological thought.
According to Sandel, one prominent approach to justice in our culture focuses on the protection
of rights. - Answers True
According to Kant, a good will is not influenced by psychological drives like emotions--it just
wants to obey the moral law. - Answers True
The "Categorical Imperative" tells us that we should always treat people as means, never as
ends only. - Answers False
Always treat as end
Like Utilitarianism and deontological ethics, virtue ethics focuses on explaining what makes
specific actions morally right or wrong. - Answers 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. - Answers 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. - Answers False.
Right desires for the right things
Kant thinks there are different versions of the "Categorical Imperative." - Answers True
According to Aristotle, people are not virtuous by nature—we all have to have good habits
instilled in us by training. - Answers True
* Training habits
Jeremy Bentham believed that the goal of morality is the protection of people's natural rights. -
Answers False
- utility is ultimate goal/feeling
According to Kant, the goal of morality is to increase human wellbeing. - Answers False
According to Deontologists (e.g., Kant), - Answers 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 -
Answers Deontological thought.
