"Kantian Approaches to Some Famine Problems" Self-Quiz

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. For Kant, what is the supreme moral principle?

The greatest happiness principle correct incorrect

The principle of beneficence correct incorrect

The categorical imperative correct incorrect

The principle of ends correct incorrect

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. What, according to O'Neill, is it to use someone as a "mere means"?

It is to involve someone in a scheme of action to which they could not in principle consent correct incorrect

It is to involve someone in a scheme of action that harms them correct incorrect

It is to involve someone in a scheme of action that recognizes their value as a person correct incorrect

It is to involve someone in a scheme of action that uses them for some other end correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes what a beneficent act involves?

They avoid treating someone as a mere means correct incorrect

They are the same as just acts correct incorrect

They try to achieve what others want correct incorrect

They are acts that one wants to perform correct incorrect

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. According to Kantian ethics . . .

One is only morally accountable for personal responsibilities, not role responsibilities correct incorrect

There is no clear distinction between role responsibilities and personal responsibilities correct incorrect

There is a clear distinction between role responsibilities and personal responsibilities correct incorrect

One is only morally accountable for one's role responsibilities correct incorrect

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. Why, according to O'Neill, does utilitarianism often lack precision?

Because it is concerned solely with justice, and it is never entirely clear what is just correct incorrect

Because it uses the obscure notion of happiness to think about moral problems correct incorrect

Because there is a limited amount of information available about the consequences of our actions correct incorrect

Because it relies on the notion of intention, and we can never fully know what people intend correct incorrect

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. The Formula of the End in Itself states: Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. To determine right from wrong, Kantians hold that we must look at the consequences of our actions.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. For Kant, if I cash a check at a bank, I don't necessarily use the bank teller as a mere means.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect