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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 is not considered anti-social behavior as a result of Kant's third formulation of the categorical imperative in modern society?
(a) Murder.
(b) Drunk driving.
(c) Begging for money on the streets.
(d) Theft.

2. What are the statements "Fido is on the couch" and "Fido is not on the couch" examples of?
(a) Property.
(b) Antinomy.
(c) Cosmology.
(d) Substance.

3. When Kant attempted to use the unity of apperception to prove facts about the world, who admitted that these arguments were not generally philosophically sound?
(a) Scruton.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Kant.
(d) Hume.

4. When beginning an argument, what did Kant appeal to?
(a) The most extraordinary facts.
(b) The most basic facts.
(c) The sense of intelligence.
(d) The most basic sense of integrity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do all religious arguments collapse into, according to Kant?

2. Following from Kant's view, what measures whether or not an action is good?

3. According to Kant, what does it mean to act in accordance with one's desires?

4. Which of the following was Kant a determined opponent of?

5. Which of the following is true about the statement "Fido has brown spots"?

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