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Question 1 Agnes is a widow with disabilities in her late 60s. Due to these circumstances, she only has to pay half of her electricity and water bills. What would a deontologist say about this situ... ation? Agnes is violating a duty to pay the exact same rates as everyone else. Agnes is acting wrongly by taking profit away from the companies that provide her electricity and water. Agnes has the right to pay only what she thinks is in her best interest. Agnes is acting morally since some duties, like the duty to pay one’s bills, apply differently in different circumstances. Question 2 Professor Donovan is a Kantian philosopher. Therefore, she argues that the true value of “a good will” lies in the good feelings it produces in the person who has it. doing the right thing for no other reason than it is right. how much it can contribute to society. fulfilling other people’s desires. Question 3 Kantian theory says that people have a __________ duty to cultivate their talents. negative positive relative hypothetical Question 4 For Kant, the respect we owe people has to do primarily with their __________. authority age humanity capacity to contribute to society Question 5 According to Kant, suicide is moral if and only if one lives in a state or country where suicide is legal. immoral because it involves treating one’s autonomous will merely as a means to relieve suffering. moral if and only if one does not have family or friends who would be hurt by it. This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 05-03-2022 15:00:30 GMT -05:00 immoral because it condemns one to eternal damnation. https://www.coursehero.com/file/31209537/PHI-208-Wk-3-Quizdocx/ Question 6 Which of the following scenarios indicates an autonomous decision? Greta helped her colleague move his desk because her boss asked her to. Greta helped her colleague move his desk because she was afraid of looking like a jerk otherwise. Greta helped her colleague move his desk because she knew that if she were in his position she would appreciate the help. Greta helped her colleague move his desk because she wanted an excuse to get out of a boring meeting. Question 7 An action’s maxim is best understood as the expected overall utility of taking that action. policy or principle you would be following if you took that action. unconscious biological cause of that action. theory of what the consequences of that action will be. Question 8 What is the most accurate term for the rules and regulations expressed in the United Nations’ Declaration of Human Rights? conventional laws universal laws beneficent laws imposed laws Question 9 What is the primary reason for conducting Kant’s “universalization test”? to persuade others that our actions are morally justified to determine whether we are excepting ourselves from a policy we think everyone else should follow to see how well we can disguise our true intentions and motivations to avoid taking responsibility for our actions Question 10 A deontological moral theory regards the morality of actions as based on their consequences. based on duty. based on the notion of a virtuous character. relative to each person’s desires. This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 05-03-2022 15:00:30 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/31209537/PHI-208-Wk-3-Quizdocx/ Question 11 In Rwanda, a farmer is hiding a group of persecuted Tutsis from a Hutu military commander. The farmer believes that he has to always tell the truth, and that this is a categorical imperative. If the Hutu commander asks if he has any hidden Tutsis, and he tells the truth, who is to blame for the Tutsis’ capture according to Kantian theory? the farmer, because saving lives is more important than respecting duty. the Tutsis who are hiding because it was unethical of them to take advantage of the farmer the Rwandans who started the war that led to these circumstances the Hutu commander, because only [Show More]

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