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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kant permit the government to engage in?

2. What is the second quality of Fichte's idealism?

3. What is always overlaid with concepts, according to the reading?

4. Which of the following is true about subjectivity?

5. How do Schopenhauer and Fichte compare?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kant's third formulation of the categorical imperative at the root of morality.

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

3. How is beauty subjective?

4. Describe Kant's first formulation of the categorical imperative at the root of morality.

5. Describe Kant's basic political belief.

6. What did Kant believe about monarchy, democracy, and republicanism?

7. According to Kant, how is beauty judged?

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

9. Describe Kant's second formulation of the categorical imperative at the root of morality.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was Kant considered to be so eccentric? What were his thoughts and reasons on the subject?

Essay Topic 2

What arguments does Kant's "Critique of Judgment" make? Why are his arguments disorganized and weak?

Essay Topic 3

What type of influence did Kant have on Hegel? Why is his interpretation the most extravagant of those presented?

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