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

2. What did Kant believe must be true for an action to be good?
(a) It must not contradict one's own values.
(b) It must be helpful to somebody else.
(c) It must be consistent with one's inclinations.
(d) It must be contrary to one's inclinations.

3. Which of the following did Kant approach in a curious way?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Laws.
(c) Logic.
(d) Emotions.

4. 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) Reduce society's freedom.
(d) Hide government doings from the content public.

5. What did Kant permit the government to engage in?
(a) Coercion.
(b) Over-taxing.
(c) Capital punishment.
(d) Money laundering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Schopenhauer take for granted from Kant's philosophy?

2. How did Kant view acting in accordance with one's actions?

3. Which philosophers, besides Kant, studied aesthetics?

4. According to Hegel, how did his subject of study build?

5. What are hypothetical imperatives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kant's overall impact on philosophy.

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Kant's basic political belief.

7. Describe Kant's hypothetical imperative.

8. According to Kant, what is at the root of morality?

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

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

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