W2 Quiz - Kantianism and Utilitarianism

Question 1

To use someone as a mere means is to involve them in a scheme…

Answer 1

To which they could not in principle consent.

Question 2

According to Kant, the person who is deceived in a false promise is used as a…

Answer 2

mere means.

Question 3

According to Kant, does justice require us to act on maxims that use others as a mere means?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

True or False: Kant’s theory forbids us from using others as a mere means.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

According to O’Neill, what do Kantians have to do to not do wrong?

Answer 5

None of their actions can be unjust.

Question 6

According to Kantian moral theory, why is human life valuable?

Answer 6

Because all humans bear rational life.

Question 7

How does Kantian ethics asses actions?

Answer 7

By looking at the maxims of the agents.

Question 8

What kind of acts does Kantian ethics asses?

Answer 8

Intentional Acts

Question 9

According to O’Neill, what does utilitarianism value?

Answer 9

Happiness and reductions of misery.

Question 10

According to O’Neill, why does Kantian ethics require that others may not coerce us?

Answer 10

Because in doing so they would use us as a mere means and not as ends in ourselves.