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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. According to Kant, it is wrong to lie in order to prevent a murder.
a. True
b. False
2. According to Kant, an obligation or “ought” is categorical when it is something we ought to do in order to achieve some
ends or goals that we have.
a. True
b. False
3. According to Kant, one can do what is right and that action still may not have “moral worth.”
a. True
b. False
4. According to Kant the moral worth of an act is determined by its consequences.
a. True
b. False
5. According to Kant, to act with a “good will” means to do what will benefit others.
a. True
b. False
6. 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.
a. True
b. False
7. According to Kant, the shopkeeper who charges an equal price of all her customers because she likes them is acting
“out of duty.”
a. True
b. False
8. According to Kant, because persons are ends they ought not to be used as means to ends.
a. True
b. False
9. According to Kant, moral obligations are hypothetical in nature.
a. True
b. False
10. Kant’s first form of the categorical imperative is derived from the idea that moral obligation as universally binding.
a. True
b. False
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11. According to Kant, the highest moral activity happens as a result of
a. Acting out of a will to do the right thing.
b. Putting the rights of others before our own rights.
c. Acting in ways that benefit everyone.
d. Acting to prevent harm.
12. Moral “oughts” are all of the following EXCEPT
a. Unconditional.
b. Anchored in the fact that all people are alike as persons.
c. Necessary.
d. Supported by laws.
13. According to Kant, we are morally responsible for which of the following?
a. For people’s understandings of our actions.
b. For anticipating the effect of our action.
c. For the actual result of our action.
d. For our motive to do good or bad.
14. Hypothetical imperatives are
a. Complicated philosophical constructs seeking to arrive at moral goal.
b. Like suggesting we should use what works to arrive at a goal.
c. Actions that, in theory, should always be taken given certain circumstances
d. Actions all people should take to arrive at the same goal.
15. “Act only on that maxim you can will to become universal law” is known as which form of Kant’s categorical
imperative?
a. First
b. Second
c. Only
d. Third
16. According to your text, which of the following was one of two main questions Kant asked?
a. What ought I do?
b. How do I choose right action?
c. Why should I act?
d. How important are people?
17. Which of the following best paraphrases Kant’s second form of the categorical imperative?
a. Think before you act.
b. Treat others as well as you can without denying yourself what you need.
c. Treat yourself well but watch out for others also.
d. Don’t use people unless it is in their best interest.
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18. According to Kant, which of the following has the highest intrinsic value?
a. Beauty
b. Justice
c. Personhood
d. Happiness
Indicate one or more answer choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
19. Which of the following is NOT a deontological theory of ethics?
a. Kant’s categorical imperative.
b. Egoism.
c. Divine command theory.
d. Stoicism.
Label as Hypothetical (H) or Categorical (C) imperatives.
20. I should vote for this proposal so that the others will later vote for mine.
21. If I want to achieve fame and fortune I should work for it.
22. I ought to tell the truth because the only way I could lie and get away with it is if people generally are honest. I would
be expecting others then to behave in ways that I myself would not.
23. Whether or not you want to tell her the truth, you ought to do so.
24. Using Kant’s first form of the categorical imperative, explain why Kant believes that lying is always wrong.
25. What is the difference between a categorical imperative and a hypothetical imperative? Why does Kant believe that
moral obligations should be described as categorical, rather than hypothetical?
26. Using Kant’s second form of the categorical imperative, explain why it should be wrong to steal bread in order to feed
a starving child.
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Answer Key
1. True
2. False
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