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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. Why didn't Kant advocate democracy?
(a) He did not like the concept of political parties.
(b) He didn't think all should hold office.
(c) He didn't think men should be able to control others.
(d) He didn't think all were qualified to vote.

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

3. What was Kant's basic political belief?
(a) One can do anything they would like as long as they are faithful to the church's orders.
(b) One can do anything they would like as long as they do not interfere with another's freedom.
(c) One can be creatively free but otherwise conservative.
(d) One can never do anything to harm the government or country's image.

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

5. For Kant, what was moral law based on the idea of?
(a) Hypothetical imperatives.
(b) Autonomy.
(c) Neutrality.
(d) Paradox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would Kant most agree with?

2. Before Kant could ground an ethical theory, what did he first have to resolve?

3. 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?

4. What did Kant call it when one beholds an aesthetic object?

5. What did Kant consider to be the basis for moral dignity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kant's hypothetical imperative.

2. Describe the quality of the arguments in Kant's "Critique of Judgment."

3. Describe Kant's basic political belief.

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

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

6. How is beauty subjective?

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

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

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

10. What is noticeable about Fichte's idealism?

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