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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following represented a difficulty for Kant because he wanted to classify it as practical reason?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Logic.
(d) Death.

2. What describes the first formulation that Kant derived?
(a) One should never break the laws and mores of society.
(b) One should not act in such a way that he would not want others acting.
(c) One should follow the religious Ten Commandments.
(d) One should treat others in a way that does not infringe upon their rights.

3. Why did Kant say that empirically, humans are not free?
(a) Humans are part of the natural world.
(b) Humans must breathe and eat.
(c) Humans are controlled by God.
(d) Humans have moral laws to abide by.

4. What elements are essential for aesthetic judgment?
(a) Subjectivity and objectivity.
(b) Substance and property.
(c) Objectivity and substance.
(d) Substance and property.

5. Which of the following is true about the idealism Fichte wanted to justify?
(a) It was classical.
(b) It was based on Descartes' work.
(c) It was radical.
(d) It was based on Plato's work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the last topics Kant addressed before his death?

2. Which of the following would Kant agree with?

3. What is the insatiable goal of almost all philosophers?

4. According to Kant, what should the government seek to do?

5. What did Kant consider to be the basis for moral dignity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is paradox freedom?

2. Describe Schopenhauer's interpretation of Kant's philosophies.

3. Describe the fundamental political right, according to Kant.

4. According to Kant, how is a person distinguished from the rest of existence?

5. Was Kant's "Critique of Judgment" a failure or success?

6. What is the modern connection to Kant's work?

7. According to Kant, what should the government's role be?

8. Describe Kant's categorical imperative.

9. How do perceptions occur in an ideal aesthetic case?

10. How did Fichte use Kant's philosophies?

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