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True or false
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True or false: Deontological ethics evaluates actions solely by the overall consequences they produce.
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20 questions
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Which statement best describes a hypothetical imperative?
- A
It commands an action regardless of the agent’s goals.
- B
It tells someone what to do if they want to achieve a particular goal.
- C
It identifies an action that produces the greatest total benefit.
- D
It permits an exception whenever an action has good consequences.
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What deontological term names an obligation to refrain from a certain action, such as lying or stealing?
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A duty to help others or develop one’s abilities, which leaves discretion about when and how it is fulfilled, is an .
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Select all the examples of positive duties identified in the material.
- A
Helping people in serious need
- B
Keeping promises
- C
Refraining from lying
- D
Avoiding killing
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What does Kant’s universal-law formulation require an agent to test?
- A
Whether the action will maximize happiness
- B
Whether the action follows the agent’s strongest desire
- C
Whether the maxim can be willed as a universal law
- D
Whether the action benefits the agent more than others
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What term does Kantian ethics use for the principle or policy on which a person acts?
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True or false
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True or false: In Kantian ethics, every use of another person’s services automatically treats that person merely as a means.
- A
True
- B
False
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Select all the rights-and-duties relationships supported by the material.
- A
A right to bodily security imposes a duty not to assault someone.
- B
A right to privacy imposes duties against unjustified intrusion.
- C
A right to free expression may impose duties not to censor speech without adequate justification.
- D
A right to privacy always imposes a duty to disclose personal information.
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In the structured method for deontological reasoning, Step 5 is to apply .
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Which description best captures a prima facie duty in W. D. Ross’s pluralistic deontology?
- A
A duty that can be ignored whenever it is inconvenient
- B
A duty that normally applies but can be overridden by a stronger duty
- C
A duty determined only by whichever outcome produces the most happiness
- D
A duty that is always stricter than every competing duty
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A physician could kill one healthy patient and use that patient’s organs to save five other patients. Explain how a strict rights-based or Kantian deontological analysis would evaluate this proposal and why.
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Which objection claims that a strict deontological rule may fail to recognize morally relevant exceptional circumstances?
- A
It gives too much attention to changing outcomes.
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It may be too rigid in exceptional situations.
- C
It denies that people have any duties.
- D
It reduces all moral reasoning to personal preference.
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Which instruction is an example of a categorical imperative rather than a hypothetical imperative?
- A
If you want to pass the examination, study regularly.
- B
Do not make a false promise, even when doing so would help you obtain money.
- C
If you want to improve your fitness, exercise three times a week.
- D
If you want to arrive early, leave home before rush hour.
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True or false
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True or false: In Kantian ethics, an imperfect duty can require a moral end while allowing discretion about when and how to fulfill it.
- A
True
- B
False
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A hospital administrator arranges emergency assistance for a person in serious need. How is the administrator’s obligation best classified by the negative/positive distinction?
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A negative duty, because it requires active assistance.
- B
A positive duty, because it requires providing assistance.
- C
A perfect duty, because every positive duty is strict and exceptionless.
- D
A prima facie duty, because all assistance duties are automatically overridden by noninterference.
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What term describes a duty that normally applies but may be overridden by a stronger duty when duties conflict?
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A person promises to repay a loan while already intending not to repay it. Which deontological analysis best explains why this action is impermissible?
- A
It is permissible because the agent’s personal need creates an exception.
- B
It is impermissible because universal adoption would undermine the practice of promising.
- C
It is permissible whenever the money will produce more happiness than the promise would.
- D
It is impermissible only if the person who receives the promise suffers a measurable financial loss.
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According to Kant’s humanity formulation, what phrase describes involving a person in one’s plans without adequately respecting that person’s agency?
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A person’s public speech would reveal another person’s confidential medical information. Which response best reflects the material’s deontological approach to conflicting rights?
- A
The privacy claim always prevails because privacy is a negative right.
- B
The speech claim always prevails because expression can never be limited.
- C
The conflict requires examining the scope and justification of both rights.
- D
The conflict should be resolved solely by choosing the outcome that maximizes total welfare.