1. Question : Kant argues that when I find someone in need:
Student Answer: I should give whatever spare resources I have unless it makes me worse off than the person I’m trying to help.
I should consider
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1. Question : Kant argues that when I find someone in need:
Student Answer: I should give whatever spare resources I have unless it makes me worse off than the person I’m trying to help.
I should consider a world in which no one helped me when I was in need, recognize that I could never will such a world, and help them in the best way that I can.
I should sympathize with them, but recognize that the world is better off overall if we each only look after our own interests.
I should remember that as autonomous beings they are responsible for their own situation, and thus that I have no responsibility to help them out.
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals page 25.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 2. Question : According to the video, “Religion, War, and Violence,” for a war to be considered just, it must
Student Answer: be aimed at repelling aggression
have a strong probability of success
must be only used as a last resort
all of the above
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found between 1:20-1:28 in the video “Religion, War, and Violence”
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 3. Question : Michael Walzer argues that in the unique world of war, both morality and authority are
Student Answer: radically contested
established by rules of war
established by neutral states
none of the above
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found between minutes 35:00-45:00 of the video “What is Just War Theory?”
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 4. Question : Kant claims that a good will is:
Student Answer: something that can only be called good with qualification.
the only thing that can be called good without qualification.
that which makes qualified goods like character traits morally good.
both B and C.
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, pp. 5-6.
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