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PHIL 1301

Philosophy Extra Credit Quiz

1)What is “good will” for Kant?

2. Which of the following is the right morality for Kant?

3. Which of the following explains Kant’s maxim on “universality”:
4. This maxim “Act to treat humanity, whether yourself or another, as an end-in-itself and never as a means” is properly called by Kant:

5. Why be good for Kant?

6. Which one is moral virtue?

7. That branch of philosophy dealing with human conduct, respect to the rightness and wrongness of the motives and ends of such conduct.

8. Aristotle describes human “moral activities” as “human par excellence”. This statement means:

9. A denial of any universal valid moral principles; or a denial of any moral absolutes; any moral principle if any is a matter of subjective judgment, is called:
10. Doubting whether there is any such thing as moral truth, or that moral knowledge cannot be known, if known it is doubtful, is popularly called:

11. An acceptance of a universal, valid and absolute moral principle. That moral values are objective is called:

12. Aristotle believes that moral virtues are acquired over time. Which of the following statements help achieve in the acquisition of virtue:

13. The most basic aspect of virtue theory is that:

14. For Aristotle, ethics is concerned with fulfillment of proper human functioning, which he calls “eudaimonia”, which means:

15. For Aristotle, virtues need to be learned and moral education to virtue involves:
16. Deontological ethics is an approach to ethics that says:

17. For Kant, our ethical behavior must be rationally based, no “if’s” and “buts,” it is universal and be applicable to all human beings at all times is called:

18. Which of the following best fits Kant’s moral philosophy that centers and revolves around the dignity of the human person.

19. Which of the following in Kant’s moral philosophy this foundation, “that person can know with absolute certainty, by the light of practical reason, the laws of morality which are universal and absolutely binding on all people at all times and places.”

20. Which of the following describes “psychological egoism” different from ethical egoism?

21. It is an integrated totality of your moral traits and dispositions, the ways in which you habitually respond when confronted with moral choices.

22. The ancient Greek word for virtue (arête) is best described as:

23. For most ancient Greek philosophers, morals emphasized some of the following, except: