Is Kantian Ethics A Helpful Method Of Moral Decision-Making?

Question 1

Kant’s system of the ? ? is supposed to prevent bad maxims being made.

Answer 1

Categorical imperative.

Question 2

The maxim of the lying promise fails the ? test and, therefore, is immoral.

Answer 2

Universalisability.

Question 3

Kant argues his imperative would prevent ? as he thinks you can’t universalise: “whenever it looks like one will experience more pain than ?, one ought to kill oneself”, because it contradicts survival. ? concludes that while Kant opposes suicide, his categorical imperative doesn’t.

Answer 3

Suicide.
Pleasure.
Pojman.

Question 4

Kant’s attempt at a system for creating ? rules seeks to raise the status of human beings and to avoid ? rule-making.

Answer 4

Moral.

Selfish.

Question 5

? is something of great importance to human life. This thinking connects with the Judeo Christian tradition about the ? of life.

Answer 5

Rationality.

Sanctity.