Lesson test: Duties

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Duties

1.[3p]
Why does Kant say only a good will is good without qualification?

Every other quality, including courage and intelligence, makes a villain worse rather than better

Correct

Other qualities are rarer

The answer is: Every other quality, including courage and intelligence, makes a villain worse rather than better

Other qualities cannot be measured

The answer is: Every other quality, including courage and intelligence, makes a villain worse rather than better

A good will always produces the best outcome

The answer is: Every other quality, including courage and intelligence, makes a villain worse rather than better

2.[3p]
What is the difference between a hypothetical and a categorical imperative?

A hypothetical imperative borrows its authority from an end you have and lapses if you drop it; a categorical one does not

Correct

A hypothetical imperative is uncertain and a categorical one is certain

The answer is: A hypothetical imperative borrows its authority from an end you have and lapses if you drop it; a categorical one does not

A hypothetical imperative concerns others and a categorical one concerns yourself

The answer is: A hypothetical imperative borrows its authority from an end you have and lapses if you drop it; a categorical one does not

A categorical imperative is stated as a conditional

The answer is: A hypothetical imperative borrows its authority from an end you have and lapses if you drop it; a categorical one does not

3.[3p]
Match each maxim to the test it fails and the kind of duty that results.

Making a promise to repay that you will not keep
Never helping anyone in need
Selling your labour to whoever pays best
Riding a train without paying when you can avoid it

contradiction in conception, perfect duty
contradiction in conception, perfect duty
contradiction in the will, imperfect duty
neither, so the act is permitted

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Making a promise to repay that you will not keep: contradiction in conception, perfect duty Never helping anyone in need: contradiction in the will, imperfect duty Selling your labour to whoever pays best: neither, so the act is permitted Riding a train without paying when you can avoid it: contradiction in conception, perfect duty

4.[3p]
What does a contradiction in conception mean?

The universalised maxim cannot even be coherently thought, because it destroys the practice it relies on

Correct

The universalised maxim would produce bad consequences

The answer is: The universalised maxim cannot even be coherently thought, because it destroys the practice it relies on

The agent would not want to live in the universalised world

The answer is: The universalised maxim cannot even be coherently thought, because it destroys the practice it relies on

The maxim contradicts another duty

The answer is: The universalised maxim cannot even be coherently thought, because it destroys the practice it relies on

5.[3p]
What is the false positive problem for the universal law test?

Irrelevant detail in a maxim, such as playing tennis at four on Thursdays, can generate a spurious contradiction

Correct

The test cannot be applied to maxims about oneself

The answer is: Irrelevant detail in a maxim, such as playing tennis at four on Thursdays, can generate a spurious contradiction

The test always permits cruelty

The answer is: Irrelevant detail in a maxim, such as playing tennis at four on Thursdays, can generate a spurious contradiction

Maxims cannot be stated in words

The answer is: Irrelevant detail in a maxim, such as playing tennis at four on Thursdays, can generate a spurious contradiction

6.[3p]
Which word does the work in the formula of humanity?

Merely, since using someone as a means is permissible and using them merely as a means is not

Correct

Humanity, since only humans have moral status

The answer is: Merely, since using someone as a means is permissible and using them merely as a means is not

Always, since the formula admits no exceptions

The answer is: Merely, since using someone as a means is permissible and using them merely as a means is not

End, since everyone must share the same ends

The answer is: Merely, since using someone as a means is permissible and using them merely as a means is not

7.[3p]
What is the operational test for treating someone merely as a means?

Acting towards them in a way they could not in principle consent to, because what they would need in order to decide has been concealed or overridden

Correct

Failing to benefit them

The answer is: Acting towards them in a way they could not in principle consent to, because what they would need in order to decide has been concealed or overridden

Using their labour without paying for it

The answer is: Acting towards them in a way they could not in principle consent to, because what they would need in order to decide has been concealed or overridden

Treating them differently from how you treat yourself

The answer is: Acting towards them in a way they could not in principle consent to, because what they would need in order to decide has been concealed or overridden

8.[2p]
For Kant, autonomy means acting on a law you give yourself rather than being moved by inclinations you did not choose.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

9.[2p]
What does Kant call whatever is above all price and admits of no equivalent?

CorrectNot quite: dignity

1.[3p] Why does Kant say only a good will is good without qualification?

2.[3p] What is the difference between a hypothetical and a categorical imperative?

3.[3p] Match each maxim to the test it fails and the kind of duty that results.

4.[3p] What does a contradiction in conception mean?

5.[3p] What is the false positive problem for the universal law test?

6.[3p] Which word does the work in the formula of humanity?

7.[3p] What is the operational test for treating someone merely as a means?

8.[2p] For Kant, autonomy means acting on a law you give yourself rather than being moved by inclinations you did not choose.

9.[2p] What does Kant call whatever is above all price and admits of no equivalent?

1.[3p]
Why does Kant say only a good will is good without qualification?

2.[3p]
What is the difference between a hypothetical and a categorical imperative?

3.[3p]
Match each maxim to the test it fails and the kind of duty that results.

4.[3p]
What does a contradiction in conception mean?

5.[3p]
What is the false positive problem for the universal law test?

6.[3p]
Which word does the work in the formula of humanity?

7.[3p]
What is the operational test for treating someone merely as a means?

8.[2p]
For Kant, autonomy means acting on a law you give yourself rather than being moved by inclinations you did not choose.

9.[2p]
What does Kant call whatever is above all price and admits of no equivalent?