Based on Kant’s emphasis on reason, morality would apply to all of the following
EXCEPT
a. normal adults
b. children and the mentally challenged
c. sentient being from another planet
d. individuals from different cultures than ours
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Internalists are those who hold
a. that the motive to act morally is separate from the recognition of moral facts
b. that moral facts come from an intuitive sense inside us
c. that real moral facts must motivate those who recognize the fact
d. that morality is internally subjective
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Steve holds the view that everyone ought to assist him in satisfying his goals and
desires. Steve is best categorized as a (n)
a. individual egoist
b. universal relativist
c. universal egoist
d. psychological egoist
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According to situationist psychology, our character, character traits and our virtues
a. are the best explanation for our behavior
b. do not explain our behavior
c. explain our behavior only when combined with the situation in which we find
ourselves
d. only partially determine our behavior
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According to Bright, the process leading to a death sentence is:
a. fair
b. impartial
c. arbitrary
d. well-funded
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An ethic of care would require that in a utilitarian calculation one should give weight to
the interests of people closest to us.
a. less
b. equal
c. more
d. no
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One implication of accepting the premise that what is moral is moral in virtue of God’s
commanding it is that
a. there must be a moral standard independent of God
b. there must be one God
c. what is moral is arbitrary
d. God is not a necessary for there to be morality
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According to deep compatibilism, a drug addict that truly likes doing drugs is:
a. deceiving themselves and not truly free
b. free because he has the will he wants to have
c. neither free nor determined since drugs effect his mental ability
d. none of the above
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Utilitarianism is best described as an
a. egoistic theory.
b. deontological theory.
c.teleological theory.
d. relativistic theory.
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It is possible to judge a person’s life virtuous while simultaneously:
a. denying that the person is a person
b. denying that person did any virtuous acts
c. denying that person morally responsible for that virtuous life
d. both b and c
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