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Pregunta 1
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One of the problems raised against Kant's view is that
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An unjust act might promote more utility than a just act
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moral truths are absolutes and absolutes cam conflict
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there are no actions that are just
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we have a duty to be unjust if it promotes happiness
Pregunta 2
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Who wrote, "On Liberty"?
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John Hospers
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Robert Nozick
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Immanuel Kant
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John Stuart Mill
Pregunta 3
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Kant's view is a rationalist view, which means that reason tells us which rules will promote the greatest good
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- True
- False
Pregunta 4
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"The gap between the rich and the poor is wide" is
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descriptive
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normative
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imperative
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none of the above
Pregunta 5
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"the gap between the rich and the poor is unjust" is
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descriptive
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normative
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imperative
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none of the above
Pregunta 6
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How are we to choose which rules are best, according to rule utilitarianism?
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Rules should be selected by faith alone
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Rules should be selected by reason alone
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Rules should be selected by experience alone
Pregunta 7
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According to rule utilitarianism, moral rules are intrinsically valuable
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- True
- False
Pregunta 8
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The idea that all moral knowledge comes through experience alone is known as
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Libertarianism
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Rationalism
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Utilitarianism
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Empiricism
Pregunta 9
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How are we to choose which rules are best, according to Kant
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Rules should be selected by faith alone
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Rules should be selected by reason alone
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Rules should be selected by experience alone
Pregunta 10
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On a utilitarian view, moral truths may be known with certainty
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- True
- False
Pregunta 11
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According to libertarianism, what kinds of laws are justified?
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Paternalistic laws
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laws that require us to help others
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laws that protect us from harm from others
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all of the above
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none of the above
Pregunta 12
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the object of On Liberty is to assert one principle. what is that principle
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the categorical imperative
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the Harm Principle
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Gresham's law
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the Principle of Utility
Pregunta 13
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according to the principle defended in on liberty
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the right act is the one that promotes the greatest good for the greatest number
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we are never permitted to interfere with a person's liberty
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paternalistic intervention in the lives of mature adults is not permitted
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all of the above
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none of the above
Pregunta 14
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Mill argues that the reason we are free is that we are born with inalienable rights, on of them bing the right to liberty
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- True
- False
Pregunta 15
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What is meant by "utility" in On Liberty
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Natural rights
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Rational duty
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Physical pleasure
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all of the above
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None of the above
Pregunta 16
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Even if a controversial view is true, if the majority believes it is false, the controversial view should not be allowed because it will make the majority unhappy, according to Mill
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- True
- False
Pregunta 17
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If a view is false and offensive to the greatest number, it should not be allowed because of the pain it will produce, according to Mill
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- True
- False
Pregunta 18
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Which of the following is true regarding Mill's view on the liberty of action?
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We are only free to do those action that promote the greatest good for the greatest number
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we are free to do anything at all
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we are free only to treat humanity as an end and never as a means only
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none of the above
Pregunta 19
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Does Mill think we should be able to do things that hurt ourselves if they hurt only ourselves?
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Yes, because Mill thought we had a natural right to liberty
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No, because when persons hurt themselves, even if they hurt only themselves, the amount of pain in the world increases
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Yes, because allowing people to choose form themselves is an indispensable element in utility in the largest sense grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being
Pregunta 20
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What is Mill's view of what he calls "experiments of living"
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They should be allowed only if they provide the greatest good for the greatest number
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Experience has shown that they cause more harm than good
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If people want to experiment with new or different lifestyles, they should be allowed to do so, as long as they don't harm others
Pregunta 21
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according to the text and the lecture, justice is about what promotes the most utility
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- True
- False
Pregunta 22
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if a person has a negative right to something (a negative right to life, liberty, property, for example), that negative right requires that others provide something to the person with the right
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- True
- False
Pregunta 23
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According to Mill, paternalism promotes utility in the largest sense
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- True
- False
Pregunta 24
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According to Mill, unless a view is examined fully, frequently, and fearlessly
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It will be held as a dead dogma, not as a living truth
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it will be held in the manner of a prejudice with little comprehension or feeling of its rational grounds
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the meaning of the doctrine itself will be in danger of being lost, or enfeebled, and deprived of its vital effect on the character and conduct
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all of the above
Pregunta 25
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Who wrote, "What Libertarianism is"?
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John Hospers
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Robert Nozick
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Immanuel Kant
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John Stuart Mill
Pregunta 26
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A right is a claim or entitlement to something
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- True
- False
Pregunta 27
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If a person has a positive right to something (life, liberty, property, for example) then others have an obligation not to interfere with a person's exercise of that right. They have no obligation to do or provide something for the person, only an obligation not to do something
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- True
- False
Pregunta 28
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If the right to life is a positive right, we have an obligation to provide the bare minimum needed to stay alive
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- True
- False
Pregunta 29
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If the right to life is negative, we have only the obligation not to kill each other unjustly
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- True
- False
Pregunta 30
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If the right to property is a positive right, people are entitled to the property they need
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- True
- False
Pregunta 31
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Kant thinks lying is wrong because of the emotional pain it causes, not merely the physical pain
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- True
- False
Pregunta 32
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On Kant's view, moral truths may be known with certainty
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- True
- False
Pregunta 33
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Kant's view is deontological. That means it is rooted in religion rather than consequences
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- True
- False
Pregunta 34
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which of the following is an imperative?
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People always act on the maxim they can will as a universal law
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treating humanity always as an end is right
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be happy!
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all of the above
Pregunta 35
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According to Kant, pleasure is intrinsically valuable
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- True
- False
Pregunta 36
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A hypothetical imperative is in the form, "If you want X, then do Y!"
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- True
- False
Pregunta 37
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Kant thought moral imperatives are hypothetical imperatives
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- True
- False
Pregunta 38
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A will is a good will if and only if it sincerely desires to do the right thing and always acts according to that desire
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- True
- False
Pregunta 39
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If a person does the right thing by keeping a promise, that act has no moral worth if it solely out of love for the prewar, on Kant's view
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- True
- False
Pregunta 40
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A good will, according to Kant, is the will that chooses according to reason and is not swayed by desire
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- True
- False
Pregunta 41
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Kant's view is like rule utilitarianism in that
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according to both, moral rules can be know with certainty
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according to both, human happiness is an essential component of morality
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according to both, the formulation of rules is an important part of moral deliberation
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all of the above
Pregunta 42
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According to Kant, it is always wrong to treat a person as a means
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- True
- False
Pregunta 43
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On Kant's view, lying to keep from hurting a person's feelings treats that person merely as a means
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- True
- False
Pregunta 44
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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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- True
- False
Pregunta 45
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Which of the following is a correct formulation of Kant's Categorical Imperative?
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act only on that maxim that you can at the same time want to be a universal law
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so act as to treat humanity, whether yourself or others, in every case as an end withal never as a mens only
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people always act on the maxim they can at the same time will that they should become a universal law
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all of the above
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none of the above
Pregunta 46
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if a person does what is right out of self-love the act has no moral worth, according to Kant, but if it is done out of love for humanity, that person's act has great moral worth, according to Kant
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- True
- False
Pregunta 47
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when Mill says that we have the liberty of tastes and pursuits, he means only that we have the liberty to think and say what we choose
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- True
- False
Pregunta 48
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Kant's view is a relativist view
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- True
- False
Pregunta 49
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On Kant's view,
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we know that lying promises are wrong through our universal experience of the pain that lying promises cause
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we know that lying promise are wrong because the rule that allows it leads to contradiction
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all moral imperatives are hypothetical imperatives
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all of the above
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none of the above
Pregunta 50
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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 a genuine love of humanity
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- True
- False
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