Concerning the role of good motives and a virtuous character in ethics, Mill says
a. they are the only factors that have intrinsic moral value.
b. they play no role at all in ethics.
c. that they alone determine if an action is morally good.
d. their only value is as a means of achieving good consequences.
d.
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A. omnipotence B. divine Wisdom C. immortality D. ethical transcendence
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A) Conversion. (T) B) Contraposition. (Und.) C) Conversion. (F) D) Subcontrary. (T) E) Contraposition. (F)
Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals (Immanuel Kant)
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Given the following enthymeme: Schools cannot discriminate if they receive federal financing, and Hamilton College receives federal financing. The statement needed to convert the enthymeme into a valid syllogism is:
A) Not all schools receive federal financing. (Premise) B) Some colleges other than Hamilton College discriminate. (Conclusion) C) Hamilton College can discriminate. (Conclusion) D) Hamilton College cannot discriminate. (Premise) E) Hamilton College cannot discriminate. (Conclusion)