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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: The Categorical Imperative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes a categorical imperative?
(a) Completely unqualified.
(b) Substance rather than property.
(c) Morally ambiguous.
(d) A "would" statement.

2. What did Kant study throughout his early academic career?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Math.
(c) Geography.
(d) A variety of disciplines.

3. What type of truth is something that is known only as the result of some experience?
(a) A priori.
(b) Synthetic.
(c) A posteriori.
(d) Analytic.

4. How many times did Kant come close to marriage?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. What describes the second formulation of Kant's categorical imperative?
(a) One must have faith to be moral.
(b) One cannot use others to fulfill goals with no respect for the fact that they have their own goals.
(c) One must love one's neighbors.
(d) One cannot treat others disrespectfully.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was David Hume from?

2. For Kant, what was moral law based on the idea of?

3. In what year was Kant born?

4. What are imperative statements?

5. What is the statement "If you want to make a lot of money, you should go to college"?

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