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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 was Kant's key to law?
(a) Advocacy of all submitting to the law.
(b) Agreement of his contemporaries.
(c) Consent of the people.
(d) Ensuring the safety of the people.

2. Which of the following would Kant most agree with?
(a) Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder.
(b) Aesthetics are objective and subjective.
(c) Aesthetics are only objective when the judged item is a piece of art.
(d) Politics and aesthetics are heavily related.

3. Which of the following is true about the idealism Fichte wanted to justify?
(a) It was based on Plato's work.
(b) It was based on Descartes' work.
(c) It was radical.
(d) It was classical.

4. What does aesthetics relate to?
(a) Logic and rationality.
(b) Beauty and image.
(c) Prose and the written word.
(d) The process of using reason.

5. 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) Theft.
(b) Drunk driving.
(c) Murder.
(d) Begging for money on the streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the last topics Kant addressed before his death?

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

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

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

5. How did Kant relate his philosophical beliefs with his political beliefs?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the term 'aesthetics'.

3. How is beauty objective?

4. What is paradox freedom?

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

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

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

8. Which philosopher took the most extravagant interpretation of Kant's views, and why?

9. What is the relationship that Kant assigned between politics and transcendental philosophy?

10. How did Fichte use Kant's philosophies?

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