Chapter 11 Quiz

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. An analytic statement is a(n) __________.

a priori statement correct incorrect

a posteriori statement correct incorrect

logical possibility whose denial is not contradictory correct incorrect

logical truth whose denial results in a contradiction correct incorrect

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. "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" is an example of a(n) __________ statement.

a priori correct incorrect

analytic correct incorrect

synthetic correct incorrect

logical correct incorrect

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. Kant wants to know how __________ knowledge is possible in metaphysics.

synthetic a priori correct incorrect

synthetic a posteriori correct incorrect

analytic a priori correct incorrect

analytic a posteriori correct incorrect

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. Kant argues that __________ in order for knowledge to be possible.

the mind must conform to reality correct incorrect

reality must conform to the mind correct incorrect

objects must be identical to the mind correct incorrect

all knowledge must be innate correct incorrect

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. Kant uses the term noumena to refer to the __________.

world in itself outside our experience correct incorrect

world as we experience it correct incorrect

world as we would like to experience it correct incorrect

logical structure of the world correct incorrect

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. According to Kant, morality must be based on __________.

compassion correct incorrect

reason correct incorrect

self-interest correct incorrect

altruistic desires correct incorrect

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. Morality is a normative enterprise, which means that it __________.

provides an account of what kinds of behaviors are normal correct incorrect

describes how things are correct incorrect

prescribes how things should be correct incorrect

explains why things are correct incorrect

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. Morality stands out among other normative spheres because of its overridingness, universality, basis in reason, and __________.

partiality correct incorrect

foundation in religion correct incorrect

impartiality correct incorrect

relativity correct incorrect

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. In contrast to a hypothetical imperative, a categorial imperative is a command
__________.

grounded in reason correct incorrect

that applies without exception correct incorrect

based on desire or utility correct incorrect

that prescribes the means necessary to achieve an end correct incorrect

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. __________ is a moral theory in which the rightness of actions is determined partly or entirely by their intrinsic nature.

Utilitarianism correct incorrect

Deontology correct incorrect

Virtue ethics correct incorrect

Relativism correct incorrect

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. According to Kant, the inherent worth of persons derives from__________.

God correct incorrect

their good will correct incorrect

their nature as autonomous, rational beings correct incorrect

their capacity for happiness correct incorrect

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. __________ is the view that moral standards are not objective but depend on what individuals or cultures believe.

Deontology correct incorrect

Utilitarianism correct incorrect

Moral relativism correct incorrect

Virtue ethics correct incorrect

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. Defenders of __________ assert it promotes tolerance.

deontology correct incorrect

virtue ethics correct incorrect

utilitarianism correct incorrect

moral relativism correct incorrect

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. Kant maintains that right actions do not depend on__________.

one's intentions correct incorrect

their consequences correct incorrect

whether they are committed from respect for duty correct incorrect

whether they are derived from a rational moral principle correct incorrect

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. Kant's fundamental moral principle is called the__________ imperative.

categorical correct incorrect

prudential correct incorrect

hypothetical correct incorrect

social correct incorrect

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. Kant declares that we should never in any circumstances treat a person as a means.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Kant believes that we should not treat persons merely as a means except when society's welfare is at stake.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Kant argues that the moral law is unconditional.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Kant thinks that knowledge is constituted by experience.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Kant's theory of knowledge aims to show how synthetic a priori knowledge is possible.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Kant claims that the categorical imperative is the expression of a purely rational moral principle.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. According to Kant, an action is right to the extent that it conforms with societal norms.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. One formulation of Kant's fundamental moral principle expresses respecting humanity as a means to a socially good end.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. According to Kant, denying a synthetic statement always yields a contradiction.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. "A bachelor is an unmarried man" is an example of an analytic statement.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect