Self-Quiz 4.3: Onora O'Neill, A Kantian Approach to Famine Relief

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According to Kant, it is always wrong to use someone as a

means. correct incorrect

mere means. correct incorrect

Both of the above correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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According to Kant, false promising is

wrong. correct incorrect

right. correct incorrect

permitted. correct incorrect

required. correct incorrect

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To act beneficently is to seek others'

unhappiness. correct incorrect

approval. correct incorrect

mere means. correct incorrect

happiness. correct incorrect

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According to Kant, beneficence requires that we act on _______ maxims that foster others' ends.

all correct incorrect

some correct incorrect

no correct incorrect

mere correct incorrect

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According to O'Neill, Kantians will claim that they have done nothing wrong if none of their acts is _______, and that their duty is complete if in addition their life plans have been reasonably _______.

unjust; selfish correct incorrect

unjust; beneficent correct incorrect

just; unjust correct incorrect

beneficent; just correct incorrect

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According to Kantian moral theory, human life is valuable because humans are the bearers of

rational life. correct incorrect

happiness. correct incorrect

suffering. correct incorrect

Both b and c correct incorrect

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According to O'Neill, Kantian ethics can only assess _______ acts.

unintentional correct incorrect

pleasurable correct incorrect

intentional correct incorrect

utilitarian correct incorrect

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According to O'Neill, Kantian ethics requires that others may not coerce us because in so doing they would

reduce happiness and increase suffering. correct incorrect

use us as mere means and not as ends in ourselves. correct incorrect

act contrary to the commands of God. correct incorrect

harm their own reputation. correct incorrect