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Chapter 20 Philosphy Test 18

Chapter 20 Philosphy

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The categorical imperative asks:

"Is a maxim of my action the most beneficial?"
"Can the maxim of my action give the greatest pleasure?"
"Can I will the maxim of my action to be a universal law?"

For kant, if an action can be made a universal law then:

All autonomous beings will act according to it
All autonomous beings could act according to it
All autonomous beings have already acted according to it

Kant uses the following example to illustrate an application of the categorical imperative:

Making a false promise
Peeping in someone's window
Joining the military

According to a second formulation of the categorical imperative persons:

Are only to be treated as ends, and never as means
Are to be treated as ends, and only as means if that is beneficial overall
Can be treated as a means as long as no cruelty is involved.

Kantian ethics is an attempt to describe a morality that:

Guarantees eternal salvation
Allows one to live a happy life
Reflect the dignity of persons

A traditional problem with the Kantian system of morality is:

How to get people to do what is moral
Resolving apparent conflicts between competing duties
Teaching children how to action such abstract thinking

Scriptural divine command theories hold that we should obey God's commands as these are embodied in a set of sacred scriptures.

True
False

The natural law ethics of Thomas Aquinas claims that we have a moral obligation to pursue those goods toward which we are naturally inclined.

True
False

In his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant claims that ethics relies on a consideration of consequences.

True
False

Kant argues that every human being has a price and the trick is to calculate the exact value of each person.

True
False
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