Ethics Questions

Kant admits that charisma is good in itself when it helps to convince another person to do her duty.truefalse

Kant admits that there are times when I will have to treat another rational being as a means when the end I am trying to accomplish is a rational end.truefalse

Kant argues that we will know what the moral law commands us to do if we:a) remember to ask which actions I can will universally without contradictionb) remember to do our dutyc) remember to develop our good will

Aristotle argues that:a) habits come from clear thinkingb) clear thinking follows from development of good habitsc) habits are less important to the moral life than intellectual virtued) no answer text provided

If I hate someone and wish to stop hating and start loving, Aristotle will tell me to:a) think through and then write down the reasons why I don't want to hateb) pretend I love himc) work on developing my intellectual virtues

Feminine Ethics is a phrase that refers to an ethics that examines the acts of nurturing, caring, compassion and communication.truefalse

According to Aristotle, moral virtue is:a) the ability to distinguish right from wrongb) a state of characterc) developed through teaching

Kant thinks that our goal must be to perform moral actions so often that they become actually pleasant to do.truefalse

Unlike feminist ethicists, feminine ethicists see the world in terms of power structures and oppression.truefalse

Kant argues that only the human reason is good in itself.truefalse

Kant argues that I must will the good of other rational beings for their own sakes, and not for my own.truefalse

Lawrence Kohlberg concluded that:a) Heinz should have stayed away from drugsb) there is actually no such thing as "moral development"c) women aren't good at doing ethics

Aristotle argues that we can seek pleasure as a goal in our lives if the pleasure is one that is good for us.TrueFalse

According to Aristotle, intellectual virtue is:a) something I can sometimes learn in a classroomb) the most important path to goodnessc) a state of character

Aristotle thinks that it is very difficult to be happy if I have bad children, or I am ugly.TrueFalse

Aristotle criticizes the idea of hierarchy in our lives as just one more tool of the elite.TrueFalse

Feminine Ethicists argue that the world would be a better place if women focused only on the ethic of care.truefalse

Aristotle argues that, since truth is truth no matter where you find it, we should expect truths in ethics to be the same sort of thing as truth in math.TrueFalse

Aristotle defines moral virtue as an activity of the soul in accord with virtue in a complete life.TrueFalse

According to Aristotle, all moral virtues admit of a mean.TrueFalse