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The reason why it is wrong to make a lying promise, according to Kant, is because this act cannot be willed as a general practice without contradiction.
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True
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Hypothetical imperatives are
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Like suggesting we should use what works to arrive at a goal.
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Stoicism, which is a form of deontological ethics, maintains that
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We are unable to control the consequences of our actions.
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According to Kant, what has the highest intrinsic value?
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People
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According to Kant, one can do what is right and that action still may not have moral worth.
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True
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According to Kant, an obligation or ought is categorical when it is something we ought to do in order to achieve some ends or goal that we have.
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False
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According to Kant, the moral worth of an act is determined by its consequences.
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False
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Kant's first form of the categorical imperative is derived from the nature of moral obligation as universally binding.
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True
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According to Kant, because persons are ends, they ought not be used as a means to ends.
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True
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Moral oughts are all of the following except
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Supported by laws.
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The illustration [text] in the beginning of chapter five [six] suggests using humans as guinea pigs was immoral because
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The people in the experiment had not consented to the study.
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A good paraphrase of Kant's second form of categorical imperative is
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Don't use people unless it is in their best interest.
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According to Kant, the shopkeeper who charges an equal price of all her customers, because she likes them, is acting out of duty.
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False
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According to Kant, moral obligations are hypothetical in nature.
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False
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