What is the Right Thing to Do? 3rd Quiz

Immanuel Kant's view of human choice is driven by

• duty

• morality

• desire

• freedom

Immanuel Kant argues that when you grab a drink out of thirst, you are not acting out of freedom, but.......

• obedience to desire

• anger and fustration

• love for my body

• confusion about this quiz

Kant demonstrates that you falling down from the Empire State Building and landing on another human being shows:

• humans do not act freely but are governed by the laws of gravity just the way humans' are governed by their desires.

• gravity is dangerous

• you are responsible for the death of the other human being you've just crushed because murder is murder.

• you have created greater happiness for the greatest amount of people by giving bystanders an entertaining spectacle.

What problem does Kant have with the libertarian view?

• It seems that self-harm is immoral and the argument of a God not wanting humans to harm themselves is a weak argument especially for those who do not believe in a God.

• He is against suicide and self harm.

• He believes in not liberating one self, but in desires.

• It seems that Kant does not believe in freedom of choice.

What problem does Kant have about the utilitarian view?

• The utilitarian view perceives humans as a means to create the most happiness, which means humans are tools and instruments to simply create happiness. However, he believes humans are the ends(the most important beings) because they are different from other living animals in that they are able to engage in heterogeneous determination---doing something for the sake of something else in a loop.

• The utilitarian view perceives that human rights are not important. People are able to be sacrificed for the sake of the greater "happiness"

• The utilitarian view does not satisfy his view of God and how God does not want humans to commit self-harm.

• The utilitarian view ignores the individual's rights and desires.

According to Kant, people can do the right thing, but still not be a good person because.....

• a person may be doing the right thing for selfish reasons (calculating shop keeper who does not overcharge because of his reputation)

• a person may be crazy in the head.

• a person may believe he or she is good when in fact they are not.

• a person may be doing the wrong thing thinking it is the right thing.

In his example of the University students agreeing not to cheat, the problem with the moral choice is

• we cannot tell if the students who promised to not cheat did it just to receive the gift cards or did it because it was the right thing to do.

• we cannot tell if the students who promised to not cheat in fact did not cheat on the actual test.

• we cannot tell if the the pizza had special ingredients that made them smarter

• we cannot tell if the students who promised to not cheat were threatened to make that promise.

Immanuel Kant believes that a person can become "moral" (righteous) only when they make the right choice simply because it is the right thing to do and without any other reason. What is this called?

• Motive of desire

• Motive of duty

• Motive of deep stuff

• Motive of selfish gain

How does Immanuel Kant argue against suicide using his motive of duty?

• A hopeless, miserable person so filled with despair that he has no desire to go on living, decides to preserve his life, not from inclination(desire) but from duty, then his action is moral(righteous).

• A hopeless, miserable person so filled with despair that he has no desire to go on living, should just die and that is the correct choice, every time.

• A hopeless, miserable person so filled with despair that he has no desire to go on living, decides to preserve his life because of desire.

• A hopeless, miserable person so filled with despair that he has no desire to go on living, decides to ask someone else for assistance in ending his or her life. This is the moral choice.

Kant finds "good deeds", in other words, altruism, not a moral choice because....

(choose the best option)

• when you do those good deeds, you feel good about yourself and do it for that reason rather than it being the "right" thing to do.

• when you do those good deeds, you expect something in return.

• when you do those good deeds, you are hurting people unintentionally.

• when you do those good deeds, God is blessing you.