Kant and Deontology

What should our relationship to duty be?

• Act in accordance with duty.

• Act out of duty.

Under which classification would we place Kant's ethical system?

• Easy

• Teleological

• Deontological

• Consequential

Complete the blank: Categorical [BLANK]

• Imperative

• Hypothetical

• Categorical

• Duty

Why is acting in accordance with duty not morally praiseworthy?

• Because it's a bad act.

• Because you are doing the right thing for the wrong reason.

• Because you are a bad person.

• Because you are acting in accordance with a good will.

For Kant all humans are [WHAT] rather than [WHAT]?

• Ends rather than means

• Means rather than ends

• Jolly nice

• Lovely people who should be treasured

Kant thought we worked out our duty by...

• Listening to outside authorities

• Using our reason

• Responding to our intuition

• Looking at the consequences of our actions

What is "universalizbility"?

• When a maxim takes motives into account.

• When someone can justify the application of a maxim to themselves

• Whether a maxim can be applied to everyone or not.

Which of these are examples of acting in accordance with duty?

• Treating customers well, so that they come back.

• Being honest, because being honest is universalizable.

• A parent helping their child with their homework because the parent enjoys it.

According to Kant, although two people might do essentially the same thing and produce essentially the same utility in their consequences, it still seems possible for one to be acting immorally while the other is acting morally.

• True

• False

Anything that I might do with the purpose of helping another would qualify as an exercise of Kant's Good Will.

• True

• False