PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz

Question 1

In the video “What Is Just War Theory?” Michael Walzer argues it is important to read

the essays and memoir literature of soldiers because

 they make the toughest moral decisions on the battlefield

 they contain critical material regarding the actual experience of war

 moral arguments about war should ring true to

Correct!Correct! all of the above

The answer can be found between minutes 10:00-15:00 of the video “What is Just War

Theory?”

Question 2

A deontological theory of morality regards moral actions as:

Correct!Correct! based on duty

 based on the best consequences

 proceeding from virtuous character

 relative to each person’s desires

The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and **.

Question 3

According to Kant in the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, suicide is:

 Moral if and only if one lives in a state or country where it is legal.

Correct!Correct! Immoral because it involves treating one’s autonomous will merely as a means

to the relief of suffering.

 Moral if and only if one does not have friends or family members that would be hurt by it.

 Immoral because it condemns one to eternal damnation.

The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals page 29.

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Question 4

Kant’s theory of morality is best described as:

 Utilitarian

 Based on divine commands

 Relativistic

Correct!Correct! Deontological

The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals

Question 5

Which would be an example of acting from duty, according to Kant’s Groundwork for the

Metaphysics of Morals:

 Respecting others because you want them to like you.

Correct!Correct! Keeping one’s promise because that’s what everyone should always do.

 Being honest with my customers in order to increase my company’s profits.

 All of the above.

The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, p. 19.

Question 6

In the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals Kant explains that respect for a person

is:

 the recognition of the worth of the person’s potential contribution to society.

 dependent upon whether the person respects others.

 both A and B

Correct!Correct! none of the above.

The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, pp. 28-30.

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