Understanding Kantian Ethics and Goodwill

According to Kant, what is the only thing that is morally good 'without qualification'?

• Intelligence

• Goodwill

• Happiness

• Power

What does Kant argue is the precondition to deserving happiness?

• Intelligence

• Self-control

• Having a morally good will

• Power

According to Kant, what is the nature of the goodness of the 'good will'?

• It is good because it achieves good results

• It is good because it is successful

• It is good in itself

• It is good because it makes people happy

What is the difference between acting in accordance with duty and acting out of duty, according to Kant?

• Acting in accordance with duty is always morally wrong

• Acting out of duty is doing what is morally right because it is right

• Acting in accordance with duty is doing what is morally wrong

• There is no difference

In Kant's example, why does the shopkeeper not demonstrate a good will?

• He cheats his customers

• He acts honestly only for self-interest

• He is motivated by duty

• He is motivated by goodwill

What does Kant say about actions that benefit others but are done out of personal desire?

• They have moral worth

• They are morally wrong

• They are in accordance with duty but lack moral worth

• They are always morally right

According to Kant, when does an action show that someone has a good will?

• When it is done out of self-interest

• When it is done because it is morally right, even if they don't want to

• When it benefits the person doing it

• When it makes others happy

What does Kant argue about happiness that is derived from hurting others?

• It is morally good

• It is morally neutral

• It is morally bad

• It is morally irrelevant

How does Kant suggest we evaluate happiness?

• By its consequences

• By its intensity

• By morality

• By its duration

What is the primary motivation for someone with a good will, according to Kant?

• Personal gain

• Duty

• Happiness

• Success