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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. What does the paradox freedom highlight a contradiction between?
(a) Hypothetical imperatives and categorical imperatives.
(b) Universal law of causality and categorical imperatives.
(c) Transcendental philosophy and universal philosophy.
(d) Sense of freedom and universal law of causality.

2. What does Kant's ethical system sometimes defy?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) His own sensibilities.
(c) The law.
(d) Common sense.

3. According to Kant, what should the government seek to do?
(a) Maintain or increase amount of society's freedom.
(b) Seek to make the people as happy as possible.
(c) Hide government doings from the content public.
(d) Reduce society's freedom.

4. Which of the following is true about aesthetic perception?
(a) Every beautiful object is a substance and not a property.
(b) Every beautiful object has inherent objects.
(c) Each individual perceives an aesthetic object differently.
(d) Each individual perceives beauty in the form of subjectivity.

5. Who was Kant most critical of when it came to voting rights?
(a) Women.
(b) Poor men.
(c) Old men.
(d) Young men.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is "You should not steal" an example of?

3. How did Schopenhauer interpret Kant?

4. What type of government did Kant favor?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the term 'aesthetics'.

5. How is beauty subjective?

6. According to Kant, how is beauty judged?

7. Describe Kant's overall impact on philosophy.

8. How did Fichte use Kant's philosophies?

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

10. Describe Kant's categorical imperative.

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