Exam 12: Duty and Principle

Through the categorical imperative,a Kantian asks whether he or she would be willing to ______ the rule,in which case it is morally permissible.

Kant argued that we ought not only to do what's right,but ______.

What is the sixth criteria used when applying a deontological evaluation to an ethical dilemma?

The test for the categorical imperative is whether an individual is ______.

Kant's theory that every adult was a rational autonomous agent who should make all ethical decisions themselves without external guidance was inconsistent with the prevailing view during his lifetime.

Kant's emphasis on absolute moral rules does not provide a means of ______.

One form of Kant's categorical imperative is based on the principle of universality, while the second version is based on ______.

Morality requires that we act as a fully ______ being would act.

Kant's third or "Kingdom of Ends" categorical imperative means that ______.

Kant's theory is an example of a ______ theory because it is not concerned with the consequences of an act.

According to Kant,______.

What is the fourth criteria used when applying a deontological evaluation to an ethical dilemma?

The ______ imperative would state that you ought to help people if you care for them or if you have some other purpose that might be served by helping them.

Kant assumed that immoral/unethical acts were always also ______.

For Kant,motive is essential,and actions possess moral worth only if they are performed in accordance with the ______ imperative and out of the motive of duty.

A "maxim" is a general rule or plan of action.

According to Kant,people should not be treated as a ______ to an end.

According to Kant,if we treat others not as ends in themselves,but as means to an end,then we ______.

Kant believed that people should always be treated as means to end and never as an end in themselves.

Kant argued that the ______ is an expression of the law of reason.