Exam 11: The Universalist: Immanuel Kant

Where does free will exist, for Kant?

Something that is immoral is morally wrong.

Kant was a prolific writer.

What has nothing to do with the enjoyment of life, for Kant?

What is Kant's other name for God?

Kant termed his analysis of how knowledge was possible a "critique."

Who developed the idea of the "original position"?

Kant claimed that one of Descartes's strengths was that he fully understood scientific method.

Who viewed the human mind as a passive receiver of impressions?

Kantian formalism is also called transcendental idealism.

Moral responsibility involves determining who did what.

Kant argues that we can directly experience noumena.

Who coined the term "critical philosophy"?

How many transcendental ideas did Kant identify?

What is morality a function of, for Kant?

What is the road to hell proverbially paved with?

Kant advocated a Galilean revolution in philosophy.

Outline Kant's account of what makes an action moral. In what ways is Kant's view superficially like the Golden Rule ("Do as you would be done by"), and in what way is it different? Is Kant's account of morality objective or subjective? What about the Golden Rule?

"Nonmoral" is sometimes used interchangeably with "amoral."

Pure knowledge is morally pure.