20. Which of the following is a paraphrase of Kant\'s second formulation of the
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20. Which of the following is a paraphrase of Kant's second formulation of the categorical imperative?
A. Respect people: don't just use them as a means to your ends.
B. Let people be happy.
C. Take consequences into consideration with respect to your relationships with people.
D. Act in a way that you can have everyone else act that way.
21. It is possible to argue the abortion issue from both a Utilitarian and a deontological point of view, whether you are pro-choice or anti-abortion (pro-life).
A. True
B. False
22. This Philosopher in an argument for Capital Punishment states that if a person has infringed on your rights, you are free to punish the perpetrator. And if someone has taken a life, then he has given up his own right to life and can be hunted down like a wild animal.
A. Jeremy Bentham
B. John Locke
C. Mills
D. Sartre
23. The state of Wisconsin considers the following crimes punishable by death:
A. Killing more than one person
B. Killing a law officer
C. Raping and then killing the person
D. All of the above
E. None of the above.
24. Not allowing women in combat is an example of maintaining the "Glass Ceiling" in the military.
A. True
B. False
25. A woman is dying of cancer and has six months to live. She wants to end her life now and wishes to have a doctor help her in the process (physician-assisted suicide). Which of the following is a (false) statement about physician-assisted suicide?
A. The Natural law position is that life is good and the physician cannot take it away.
B. The Act Utilitarian would not allow the physician assisted suicide even if the act maximizes greatest happiness for the greatest number.
C. Kant would say you can't cut your life short because then you would be treating yourself as a means only the end of a pain free state.
D. An Act Utilitarian would allow physician assisted suicide if the pleasures/pains, costs/benefits are added up and the Act promotes greatest good for the greatest number.
Explanation / Answer
20. The correct answer is Option A. The second formulation states that we should” Respect people: don't just use them as a means to your ends.”
21. True. It is possible to argue the abortion issue from both a Utilitarian and a deontological point of view, whether you are pro-choice or anti-abortion (pro-life).
22. The correct answer is Option A. This view was held by Jeremy Bentham.
23. The correct answer is Option E. The state of Wisconsin does not consider any crime punishable by death.
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