Chap 4 - Immanuel Kant on Freedom and Morality

Question 1

What is Kant’s AXE?

Answer 1

Is it morally acceptable to tell a lie sometimes?

Question 2

In Categorical Imperative, its ____________

Answer 2

“Do B.”

Question 3

In Hypothetical Imperative, its ______________________

Answer 3

“If you want A, then do B.”

Question 4

Choose whether it’s Categorical or Hypothetical:

“You shouldn’t kill,”

Answer 4

Categorical

Question 5

Choose whether it’s Categorical or Hypothetical:

“If you want to be trusted, you should always tell the truth”

Answer 5

Hypothetical

Question 6

One ought to perform his moral duty for the sake of duty itself.

Answer 6

categorische Imperativ

Question 7

What are the 3 formulations of the categorical imperative

Answer 7

universalizability, ends in themselves, autonomy

Question 8

“Act only according to that MAXIM by which you can at the same time will that it should become a UNIVERSAL LAW.”

Answer 8

Universalizability

Question 9

“Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another, always as an END AND NEVER AS A MEANS ONLY.”

Answer 9

Ends in Themselves

Question 10

“Every rational being is able to regard oneself as a MAKER OF UNIVERSAL LAW, that is, we do not need an external authority (like God, the State, our culture, or anyone else) to determine the nature of the moral law since we can discover this for ourselves.”

Answer 10

Autonomy

Question 11

Freedom is founded on ______.

Answer 11

REASON