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1
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A good will, according to Kant is the will that chooses to reason and is not swayed by desire.

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True

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A hypothetical imperative is in the form, “if you want X, then do Y”

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True

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A will is good if and only if it sincerely desires to do the right thing and always acts according to that desire.

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False

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According to Kant, the only thing good in itself is

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The good will

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If a person does the right thing because reason says to do it, the act has no moral worth unless the person is motivated by love of humanity.

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False

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Kant thought moral imperatives are hypothetical imperatives.

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False

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Kant’s view is a rationalist view. That means Kant believes all moral knowledge comes through experience.

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False
Rationalist=reason

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Kant’s view is an absolutist view.

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True

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Kant’s view is deontological. That means that is rooted in religious duty rather than consequences.

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False
Deontological=duty, not just religious duty

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Kant’s view is like rule utilitarianism in that __________

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Both believe that the formulation of rules is an important part of moral reasoning.

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On Kant’s view, moral truths can be known with certainty.

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True

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Kant’s view is a rationalist view.

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True

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What is Kant’s Categorical Imperative?

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Act only according to the maxim that you can at the same time will to be a universal law.

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The Second Formulation of Kant’s Categorical Imperative

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Treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of any other, always as an end and never as a means only.

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If a person does what is right out of love for humanity, that person’s act has great moral worth, according to Kant.

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False

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If a person does the right thing because reason says to do it, the act has no moral worth unless the person is motivated by love of humanity.

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False

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17
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If a person does the right thing by keeping a promise, that act has no moral worth if it is done solely out of love for the person, on Kant’s view.

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True

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On Kant’s view, telling a person the truth sometimes treats that person merely as a means if the truth is hurtful.

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False

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One of the problems for Kant’s view is that a moral absolute such as “Always tell the truth” might conflict with the moral absolute, “Always preserve innocent life”. If morals are absolutes and absolutes can conflict, there may be no correct answer as to what to do in some cases.

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True

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Treating a person better than he or she deserves treats that person as an end by recognizing the intrinsic value of that person.

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False

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According to Kant, it is always wrong to treat a person as a means.

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False

It is wrong to treat a person as a means only.
I use my professor as a means to learn.

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According to Hobbes, human nature is self-interested.

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True

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According to Hobbes, in the state of nature, human power is essentially equal.

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True

24
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According to Hobbes, in the state of nature, we would have no reason to work hard, to build things, to learn things, to achieve things because we have no security for anything we possess. Even our lives are in constant danger.

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True

25
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According to Hobbes, the state of nature has a law of nature to govern it.

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False

26
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According to Hobbes, the state of nature is such a terrible place that we have no right to revolt against an unjust government.

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True

27
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In Hobbes’ state of nature, you can do anything you want because there is no law to constrain you.

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True

28
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When Hobbes says that human power is essentially equal in the state of nature, he means “power” descriptively (physically) or prescriptively (authority)?

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Descriptively

29
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Just like in the Prisoner’s Dilemma, there are situations in which rational self-interested people all do worse by independently pursuing self-interest.

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True

30
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Hobbes’ Social Contract and not Locke’s was the main influence on the framers of the Declaration of Independence.

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False

31
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In the state of nature according to Locke, each person has legislative power, judicial power, and executive power of the law,

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True

32
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Locke’s law of nature is normative or descriptive?

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Normative

33
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When Locke says the law of nature is a state of perfect equality, his notion of equality is normative or descriptive?

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normative

34
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When Locke says the state of nature is a state of perfect equality, by “equality” he means authority or strength?

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Authority

35
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How do we leave the state of nature, according to Locke?

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By our own consent only.

36
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What is an inconvenience of the state of nature?

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There are no written laws.

37
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According to Locke, the state of nature has a law to govern it.

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true

38
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According to Locke, the state of nature is a state of war of all against all.

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false

39
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According to Locke, whatever we mix with our labor becomes our property, even if there is none left for anyone else.

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False

40
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According to Locke, whatever we mix with our labor becomes ours, even if we take more than we can use.

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False

41
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According to Locke, whatever we mix with our labor in a state of nature becomes our property, even if it already belongs to someone else.

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False

42
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According to The Declaration of Independence, when the government becomes destructive of the ends for which we agreed, we have no obligation to recognize their authority.

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True

43
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According to Locke, we own our labor.

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True

44
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According to Locke, we own ourselves.

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False

45
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What does Mill mean by “utility” in On Liberty?

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Utility in its largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being.

46
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The object of On Liberty is to assert one very simple principle according to Mill. What is the principle?

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The Harm Principle

46
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Mill argues that the reason we are free is because we are born with inalienable rights, one of them being the right to liberty.

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False

46
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According to Hobbes, if the government reduces us to slavery, we have the right to dissolve the government and return to the state of nature.

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False

46
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According to Locke, if the government reduces us to slavery, we have the right to dissolve the government and return to the state of nature.

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True

46
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According to Hobbes, if the government takes away and destroys our property, we have the right to dissolve the government and return to the state of nature.

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False

46
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According to Locke, if the government takes away and destroys our property, we have the right to dissolve the government and return to the state of nature.

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True

46
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According to Locke, when we mix our labor with unowned land, we increase the value of that land.

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True

47
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“Pleasure alone is intrinsically valued” is descriptive.

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True

48
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Act utilitarianism is sometimes called indirect utilitarianism because actions have consequences only indirectly.

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False

49
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According to rule utilitarianism, moral rules are intrinsically valuable.

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False

50
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According to Rule Utilitarianism, justice is intrinsically valuable.

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False

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