PHI 220 Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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F- /
/Immanuel /
/Kant /
/believed /
/that /
/some /
/rules /
/may /
/be /
/broken /
/as //long //as //the //results //will //justify //breaking //the //rule. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔False
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F/
/Kant /
/based //his //ehtical //views //on //theological //considerations. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔False
An //:"ought" //statement //of //the //form, //"If //you //want //X, //then //you //ought //to //do //Y" //is //called?
//- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔A //hypothetical //imperative
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F- /
/For /
/Kant, /
/moral /
/obligations /
/do //not //depend //on //us //having //particular //desires //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔True
,For /
/Kant, /
/categorical //"oughts" /
/have //force //because //we //have_________? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Reason
The /
/rule /
/or /
/principle //
a/
/person /
/is /
/following /
/when //they //do //an //act //is //call? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //maxim //of //the //act
Kant /
/believed /
/which /
/of /
/the /
/following //about //lying? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔It //is //wrong //under //all //circumstances.
Elizabeth /
/Anscombe /
/crriticizes /
/the /
/Categorical /
/Imperative /
/on /
/the /
/basis /
/that //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔It //is //useless //without //some //guidance //on //how //to //form //moral //rules.
,What /
/Rachels /
/calls /
/the //"case /
/of /
/the /
/inquiring /
/murderer" /
/is /
/offered /
/to /
/do /
/which /
/of /
/the /
/following... //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Show //that //categorical //imperative //is //too //absolute
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/Peter //Geech //believed //that //genuine //conflicts //between //moral //rules //never //actually //occur. //-
//CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔True
Rachels /
/believes /
/that /
/the /
/basic /
/insight /
/of /
/Kant's /
/ethics /
/is /
/the /
/following... //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Valid //moral //reasons //are //binding //on //all //people //at //all //times.
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F/
/O'Neill /
/agrees /
/with /
/those /
/who /
/characterize /
/Kant's /
/ethics /
/as /
/being /
/difficult //to //undertstand //and //excessively //demanding. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔False
T/
F/
/Kant /
/gives /
/more /
/than /
/one /
/different //version //of //his //Supreme //Principle //of //Morality //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔True
T/
F- /
/For /
/Kant, /
/the /
/maxim /
/of /
/an /
/act /
/is /
/the /
/principle /
/or //policy //one //follows //when //deciding //on //an //action. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔True
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T/
F- /
/Immanuel /
/Kant /
/believed /
/that /
/some /
/rules /
/may /
/be /
/broken /
/as //long //as //the //results //will //justify //breaking //the //rule. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔False
T/
F/
/Kant /
/based //his //ehtical //views //on //theological //considerations. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔False
An //:"ought" //statement //of //the //form, //"If //you //want //X, //then //you //ought //to //do //Y" //is //called?
//- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔A //hypothetical //imperative
T/
F- /
/For /
/Kant, /
/moral /
/obligations /
/do //not //depend //on //us //having //particular //desires //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔True
,For /
/Kant, /
/categorical //"oughts" /
/have //force //because //we //have_________? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Reason
The /
/rule /
/or /
/principle //
a/
/person /
/is /
/following /
/when //they //do //an //act //is //call? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //maxim //of //the //act
Kant /
/believed /
/which /
/of /
/the /
/following //about //lying? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔It //is //wrong //under //all //circumstances.
Elizabeth /
/Anscombe /
/crriticizes /
/the /
/Categorical /
/Imperative /
/on /
/the /
/basis /
/that //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔It //is //useless //without //some //guidance //on //how //to //form //moral //rules.
,What /
/Rachels /
/calls /
/the //"case /
/of /
/the /
/inquiring /
/murderer" /
/is /
/offered /
/to /
/do /
/which /
/of /
/the /
/following... //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Show //that //categorical //imperative //is //too //absolute
T/
F- /
/Peter //Geech //believed //that //genuine //conflicts //between //moral //rules //never //actually //occur. //-
//CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔True
Rachels /
/believes /
/that /
/the /
/basic /
/insight /
/of /
/Kant's /
/ethics /
/is /
/the /
/following... //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Valid //moral //reasons //are //binding //on //all //people //at //all //times.
, T/
F/
/O'Neill /
/agrees /
/with /
/those /
/who /
/characterize /
/Kant's /
/ethics /
/as /
/being /
/difficult //to //undertstand //and //excessively //demanding. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔False
T/
F/
/Kant /
/gives /
/more /
/than /
/one /
/different //version //of //his //Supreme //Principle //of //Morality //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔True
T/
F- /
/For /
/Kant, /
/the /
/maxim /
/of /
/an /
/act /
/is /
/the /
/principle /
/or //policy //one //follows //when //deciding //on //an //action. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔True
