Multiple Choice Quiz

According to Kant, the ground of moral obligation must be sought in:

human nature.

a priori concepts of pure reason.

God's commandments.

the laws of nature.

According to Kant, moral laws are:

necessary and apply to all rational beings.

contingent and apply only to human beings.

culturally relative.

grounded in God's commands.

According to Kant, perfect duties:

prescribe policies.

prescribe goals.

admit of no exceptions.

admit of some exceptions.

Kant claims that acting (as opposed to having an involuntary spasm) presupposes:

that one acts for a reason.

that one acts on a desire.

that one acts to promote the good.

that one acts in accordance with God's will.

According to Kant, morality requires us to:

perform the action that leads to the greatest total happiness.

act only on maxims that we can will to become universal laws.

behave only in such a way as a perfectly virtuous person would behave.

place the interests of others above the interests of ourselves.

According to Kant, the supreme principle of morality is:

analytic and a priori.

analytic and a posteriori.

synthetic and a priori.

synthetic and a posteriori.

Kant claims that the moral law is given to each person by:

society.

one's own will.

God.

Nature.

According to Kant, the basis of morality is the concept of:

charity.

fairness.

piety.

freedom.

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