PHI 220 CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● T/F- Immanuel Kant believed that some rules may be broken as long as the results
will justify breaking the rule.. Answer: False
● T/F Kant based his ehtical views on theological considerations.. Answer: False
● An :"ought" statement of the form, "If you want X, then you ought to do Y" is called?.
Answer: A hypothetical imperative
● T/F- For Kant, moral obligations do not depend on us having particular desires.
Answer: True
● For Kant, categorical "oughts" have force because we have_________?. Answer:
Reason
● The rule or principle a person is following when they do an act is call?. Answer: the
maxim of the act
● Kant believed which of the following about lying?. Answer: It is wrong under all
circumstances.
● Elizabeth Anscombe crriticizes the Categorical Imperative on the basis that. Answer:
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.... Answer: Show that categorical imperative is too absolute
● T/F- Peter Geech believed that genuine conflicts between moral rules never actually
occur.. Answer: True
● Rachels believes that the basic insight of Kant's ethics is the following.... Answer:
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.. Answer: False
, ● T/F Kant gives more than one different version of his Supreme Principle of Morality.
Answer: True
● T/F- For Kant, the maxim of an act is the principle or policy one follows when
deciding on an action.. Answer: True
● T/F- For Kant, what makes an action moral or immoral are the consequences of our
action, not what we intend. Answer: False
● Which of the following would be treating someone as a means, according to Kant?.
Answer: All of the above
● Which of the following would be treating someone merely as a means, in violation of
the Categorical Imperative. Answer: b and c
● T/F- Kant believed that it is wrong to use someone as a means to our ends. Answer:
False
● Which of the following makes a false promise wrong, according to Kant. Answer: It
treats the person who believes the false promise as a thing and not as a person
● Which of the following are ways of treating people as a mere means in violation of
Kant's Categorical Imperative. Answer: All of the Above
● For Kant, the special moral status of people (i.e., their "dignity") is based on their.
Answer: Rationality
● T/F When I ask a friend to lend me some money, I am treating that person as a means
in violation of the catergorical imperative. Answer: False
● T/F Bentham was a proponent of the retributivist justification of punishment..
Answer: False
● T/F Deceiving someone in order to get them to do what I want would not violate the
Categorical Imperative because they will have acted voluntarily and not under
coercion.. Answer: False
● T/F Treating someone as an end in themselves requires that we make our purpose
one of their purposes.. Answer: False
● T/FKant objects to treating other people as a means.. Answer: False
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● T/F- Immanuel Kant believed that some rules may be broken as long as the results
will justify breaking the rule.. Answer: False
● T/F Kant based his ehtical views on theological considerations.. Answer: False
● An :"ought" statement of the form, "If you want X, then you ought to do Y" is called?.
Answer: A hypothetical imperative
● T/F- For Kant, moral obligations do not depend on us having particular desires.
Answer: True
● For Kant, categorical "oughts" have force because we have_________?. Answer:
Reason
● The rule or principle a person is following when they do an act is call?. Answer: the
maxim of the act
● Kant believed which of the following about lying?. Answer: It is wrong under all
circumstances.
● Elizabeth Anscombe crriticizes the Categorical Imperative on the basis that. Answer:
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.... Answer: Show that categorical imperative is too absolute
● T/F- Peter Geech believed that genuine conflicts between moral rules never actually
occur.. Answer: True
● Rachels believes that the basic insight of Kant's ethics is the following.... Answer:
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.. Answer: False
, ● T/F Kant gives more than one different version of his Supreme Principle of Morality.
Answer: True
● T/F- For Kant, the maxim of an act is the principle or policy one follows when
deciding on an action.. Answer: True
● T/F- For Kant, what makes an action moral or immoral are the consequences of our
action, not what we intend. Answer: False
● Which of the following would be treating someone as a means, according to Kant?.
Answer: All of the above
● Which of the following would be treating someone merely as a means, in violation of
the Categorical Imperative. Answer: b and c
● T/F- Kant believed that it is wrong to use someone as a means to our ends. Answer:
False
● Which of the following makes a false promise wrong, according to Kant. Answer: It
treats the person who believes the false promise as a thing and not as a person
● Which of the following are ways of treating people as a mere means in violation of
Kant's Categorical Imperative. Answer: All of the Above
● For Kant, the special moral status of people (i.e., their "dignity") is based on their.
Answer: Rationality
● T/F When I ask a friend to lend me some money, I am treating that person as a means
in violation of the catergorical imperative. Answer: False
● T/F Bentham was a proponent of the retributivist justification of punishment..
Answer: False
● T/F Deceiving someone in order to get them to do what I want would not violate the
Categorical Imperative because they will have acted voluntarily and not under
coercion.. Answer: False
● T/F Treating someone as an end in themselves requires that we make our purpose
one of their purposes.. Answer: False
● T/FKant objects to treating other people as a means.. Answer: False
