Exam 12: Duty and Principle

Moral obligations do not depend on particular desires,but are ______.

Because Kant viewed adult humans as autonomous,rational human agents,he concluded that we cannot rely on religion,government or others to tell us what is right.

For famed philosopher Emmanuel Kant,morality depends upon ______.

In Kant's view,human beings have a/an ______ worth or dignity that is not enjoyed by other animals.

Kant thought humans had intrinsic worth and dignity because they are ______ agents.

Kant's hypothetical imperatives are sometimes referred to as ______ imperatives.

Kant believed that animals should be treated according to the same ethical rules as humans.

Because Kant viewed adult humans as autonomous ______ he concluded that we cannot rely on religion,government or others to tell us what is right.

Maxim includes ______.

Define the Principle of Universality.

For Kant,hypothetical imperatives were universal moral rules that had no exceptions.

One possible problem within Kant's theory is the conflict ______.

The ______ of the act means that rule you would be following if you were to do that act.

The central question for a Kantian is ______.

Of Kant's two types of people who help others,the first type helps ______.

If to follow a proposed categorical imperative is ______,then it is not morally permissible.

Kant argues that we have a prima facie duty to ______.

Kant argues that the categorical imperative binds rational agents because they are ______.

For Kant,any action is moral if it is ______.

One should never lie because if lying became a ______,all relations based on trust and honoring promises would become unworkable.