Multiple Choice Quiz

Wolf defines a "moral saint" as a person who:

is as morally worthy as possible.

is as religiously observant as possible.

dies for the cause of morality.

all of the above.

A Loving Saint is someone:

whose happiness lies in the happiness of others.

who pays little or no attention to his own happiness, in light of the overriding importance of morality.

loves all human beings equally.

is morally perfect only in relation to those he loves.

According to Wolf, a moral saint:

cannot read Victorian novels.

cannot have a sarcastic wit.

cannot have an interest in gourmet cooking.

all of the above.

Wolf argues that the desire to be as moral as possible tends to:

have the character of a stronger desire, which outweighs other desires.

have the character of a higher desire, which subsumes or demeans other desires.

be outweighed by other desires.

none of the above.

Wolf argues that moral sainthood does not constitute a model of personal well-being toward which:

it would be rational for a human being to strive.

it would be good for a human being to strive.

it would be desirable for a human being to strive.

all of the above.

Wolf claims that interpreting Kant's ethics so that it consists of a finite set of constraints:

yields an unattractive picture of moral sainthood.

implausibly places an "upper bound" on moral worthiness.

yields a theory that is too demanding.

transforms the theory into a form of contractarianism.

Wolf claims that the life of the moral saint – that is, a life lived perfectly morally – is:

the best life and the one we are required to strive to live.

the best life but one we are not required to strive to live.

not the best life.

a positively bad life.

Wolf claims that ultimately, normative questions must be assessed from:

the moral point of view.

the point of view of virtue.

the point of view of individual perfection.

a perspective that is unattached to a commitment to any well-ordered system of values.

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