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GENED8 FINAL
Contributed by: Edradan
  • 1. Kant's theory of deontology claims that the rational will must be based on the process of self-lawor legislating
A) Substantive
B) Heteronomy
C) Formal
D) Autonomy
  • 2. Which moral theory provides the framework or process to determine moral duties rather than the duties themselves?
A) Formal
B) Virtue ethics
C) Substantive
D) Legalism
  • 3. Deontology comes the Greek word deon which means?
A) Self-control
B) Pleasure
C) Being necessary
D) Reward
  • 4. In the book of Kant "Groundwork towards metaphysics of moral" he wants to bring the attention to the fact that we human beings have the faculty called?
A) Feelings
B) Sentience
C) Rational will
D) Natural impulse
  • 5. What do the Latin roots of "subject" mean, respectively?
A) Under and to throw
B) Beside and to lift
C) Over and to hold
D) Against and to push
  • 6. Deontologists believe moral duties are:
A) Universal and absolute
B) Personal gain
C) Conditional and success
D) Based on outcomes
  • 7. What do the Greek words "autos" and "nomos" mean in the word autonomy?
A) Power and self
B) Rational and duty
C) Other and law
D) Self and law
  • 8. The opposite of autonomy
A) Self-law
B) Freedom
C) Authority
D) Other law
  • 9. When action is determined by sensible impulse:
A) Maxim
B) Autonomous
C) Choice
D) Heteronomous
  • 10. This theory will not give us a list of commands. Instead, it will give us a set of instructions on how to make a list of:
A) Hypothetical
B) Substantive
C) Categorical
D) Formal
  • 11. What phrase is commonly associated with deontological ethics?
A) "The greatest good for the greatest number"
B) "Do your duty"
C) "love yourself"
D) "Follow your heart"
  • 12. According to Kant, Categorical imperative is substantive, not formal.
A) It depends on the situation
B) True
C) Maybe
D) False
  • 13. Which of the following reflects a deontological approach?
A) Tell the truth, even if it hurts someone
B) To avoid hurting someone, tell a lie
C) Sacrifice one for the many
  • 14. It refers to a deep belief that something is right or wrong but what they believe is universally good or bad.
A) Duty
B) Rational will
C) Agency
D) Moral conviction
  • 15. Which of the following is not one of the four key elements according to Kant?
A) Action
B) Agency
C) Emotion
D) Maxim
  • 16. What is special about human choice?
A) It cannot choose right or wrong
B) It can follow reason
C) It always follows feelings
  • 17. According to Kant, when is an action not autonomous?
A) When it takes time to decide
B) When it follows a habit
C) When it caused by a feeling
  • 18. It gives specific moral commands to follow.
A) Formal
B) Substantive
C) Maxim
D) Will
  • 19. What does the Latin root word "subject" imply?
A) To reflect deeply on one's own actions
B) To be thrown or brought under something
C) To act with rational freedom
  • 20. Why does Kant consider immoral acts irrational?
A) They fail the test of universalizability
B) They are socially unacceptable
C) They cause discomfort to others
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