Exam 11: The Universalist: Immanuel Kant

Who held that the demand for intellectual honesty is itself dishonest?

What type of reason, for Kant, is confined to the phenomenal world?

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Kant was a Privatdozent for a while, and so paid directly by his students.

Kant denied knowledge to make room for faith.

Kant held that philosophy consisted of knowing its limits precisely.

Who wrote A Theory of Justice ?

Kant wanted to know if metaphysics was possible.

Outline the sort of society that Rawls believes would be just. How does this reflect a Kantian concern with persons as ends? What is the objection that Okin levels against Rawls' view? Do you believe that Rawls could meet this objection? What other objections might be developed against Rawls' position? Do you believe that they could be met?

What, for Kant, are actions based on desire known as?

Noumenal reality is Kant's term for the world as we experience it.

Pure reason, held Kant, posits the idea of a self.

Who allegedly confused knowledge that is triggered by experience with that which is based on experience?

What can be known, according to Kant?

The precise time of Kant's daily walk is well-documented.

Kant was born in Lyons, France.

What is the necessity of acting from respect for the [moral] law, for Kant?

What is the command that, for Kant, is universally binding on all rational creatures?

What, according to Kant, is the doctrine of how we should become worthy of happiness?

Kant held that Hume's philosophy was less reliable than scientific method.