Who developed the categorial imperative?
a. Rawls c. Mill b. Locke d. Kant
ANS: D
Kant developed the categorical imperative, "Act so that you can will that the maxim of your action be made the principle of a universal law".
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Taylor's Drug Addiction thought experiment is intended to show that
A. your actions are free if they are externally unconstrained and are caused by your will. B. the conditions specified by traditional compatibilism are sufficient for acting freely. C. the conditions specified by traditional compatibilism are not sufficient for acting freely. D. even drug addicts act freely.
Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.You know very well I don't care what Mason says about investments or, for that matter, anything else. That guy is the most money-grubbing creep I've ever run into; all he ever cares about is where his next dollar is coming from. He can take his opinions and stick 'em in his ear.
What will be an ideal response?
Dixon’s argument for banning handguns rests on this ethical theory
a. Theory of Natural Law b. Utilitarianism c. Kantianism d. Social Contract Theory