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PHIL Exam #2

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Quiz on PHIL Exam #2, created by Hannah Sammons on 20/04/2015.
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Question 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
  • moral truths are absolutes and absolutes cam conflict
  • there are no actions that are just
  • we have a duty to be unjust if it promotes happiness

Question 2

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Who wrote, "On Liberty"?
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  • John Hospers
  • Robert Nozick
  • Immanuel Kant
  • John Stuart Mill

Question 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

Question 4

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"The gap between the rich and the poor is wide" is
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  • descriptive
  • normative
  • imperative
  • none of the above

Question 5

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"the gap between the rich and the poor is unjust" is
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  • descriptive
  • normative
  • imperative
  • none of the above

Question 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
  • Rules should be selected by reason alone
  • Rules should be selected by experience alone

Question 7

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According to rule utilitarianism, moral rules are intrinsically valuable
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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The idea that all moral knowledge comes through experience alone is known as
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  • Libertarianism
  • Rationalism
  • Utilitarianism
  • Empiricism

Question 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
  • Rules should be selected by reason alone
  • Rules should be selected by experience alone

Question 10

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On a utilitarian view, moral truths may be known with certainty
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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According to libertarianism, what kinds of laws are justified?
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  • Paternalistic laws
  • laws that require us to help others
  • laws that protect us from harm from others
  • all of the above
  • none of the above

Question 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
  • the Harm Principle
  • Gresham's law
  • the Principle of Utility

Question 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
  • we are never permitted to interfere with a person's liberty
  • paternalistic intervention in the lives of mature adults is not permitted
  • all of the above
  • none of the above

Question 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

Question 15

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What is meant by "utility" in On Liberty
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  • Natural rights
  • Rational duty
  • Physical pleasure
  • all of the above
  • None of the above

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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
  • we are free to do anything at all
  • we are free only to treat humanity as an end and never as a means only
  • none of the above

Question 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
  • No, because when persons hurt themselves, even if they hurt only themselves, the amount of pain in the world increases
  • 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

Question 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
  • Experience has shown that they cause more harm than good
  • 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 23

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According to Mill, paternalism promotes utility in the largest sense
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  • True
  • False

Question 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
  • it will be held in the manner of a prejudice with little comprehension or feeling of its rational grounds
  • 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
  • all of the above

Question 25

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Who wrote, "What Libertarianism is"?
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  • John Hospers
  • Robert Nozick
  • Immanuel Kant
  • John Stuart Mill

Question 26

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A right is a claim or entitlement to something
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  • True
  • False

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 32

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On Kant's view, moral truths may be known with certainty
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  • True
  • False

Question 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

Question 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
  • treating humanity always as an end is right
  • be happy!
  • all of the above

Question 35

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According to Kant, pleasure is intrinsically valuable
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  • True
  • False

Question 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

Question 37

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Kant thought moral imperatives are hypothetical imperatives
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  • True
  • False

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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
  • according to both, human happiness is an essential component of morality
  • according to both, the formulation of rules is an important part of moral deliberation
  • all of the above

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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
  • so act as to treat humanity, whether yourself or others, in every case as an end withal never as a mens only
  • people always act on the maxim they can at the same time will that they should become a universal law
  • all of the above
  • none of the above

Question 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

Question 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

Question 48

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Kant's view is a relativist view
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  • True
  • False

Question 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
  • we know that lying promise are wrong because the rule that allows it leads to contradiction
  • all moral imperatives are hypothetical imperatives
  • all of the above
  • none of the above

Question 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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