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Question 11 pts

Kenneth Anderson argues that the fact that drones make the resort to force easier

	means that enemies will always be too afraid to attack us
	means that we should instead favor cruise missiles

	does not mean that drones make the resort to force too easy
	all of the above

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Question 21 pts

In the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals Kant claims that to act on ‘duty’ is

	to act out of respect for law
	to act from a self-seeking purpose

	to act because you want to
	to act out of the fear of God

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Question 31 pts

In the video, “Drones Are Ethical and Effective,” Kenneth Anderson argues that the use of drones is ethical because

	it removes all possibility of civilian casualties
	it is more precise than other forms of weaponry and can result in fewer casualties

	any weapon is justified if it kills as many enemies as possible
	every country a right to do whatever is necessary to ensure victory

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Question 41 pts

Which would be an example of acting from duty, according to Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals:

	Respecting others because you want them to like you.
	Keeping one’s promise because that’s what everyone should always do.

	Being honest with my customers in order to increase my company’s profits.
	All of the above.

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Question 51 pts

In the article “War and Massacre,” Thomas Nagel argues that utilitarianism

	is primarily concerned with what a person is doing
	is primarily concerned with absolute rules

	is primarily concerned with universal law
	is primary concerned with what will happen

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Question 61 pts

In “War and Massacre,” Thomas Nagel argues that all rules of engagement should be governed by the principle that

	any means can be justified if it leads to a worthy end
	the greatest good can justify targeting anyone in principle

	achieving victory in war overrides any other consideration
	none of the above

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Question 71 pts

Which one of these is a way of expressing Kant’s Categorical Imperative?

	Act as if the maxim of your action were to become by your will a universal law.
	Act so that the maxim of your action ensures the satisfaction of your desires.

	Act so that you use humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always as a means to the greatest possible utility.
	None of the above.

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Question 81 pts

Michael Walzer argues that in the unique world of war, both morality and authority are

	established by rules of war
	radically contested

	established by neutral states
	none of the above

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Question 91 pts

In the video “Drones Are Not Ethical and Effective,” Jeremy Waldron argues that one reason drones are not ethical because their use involves

	the maintenance of a secret death list by government authorities
	total transparency and accountability

	the assurance that only combatants will be targeted
	an increased risk to drone operators

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Question 101 pts

In Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant claims that a good will is:

	only good if it benefits others.
	only good if it satisfies a person’s desires.

	the only thing that can be called good without qualification.
	both A and B.

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Question 111 pts

In Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant claims that “reason”:

	should be put at the service of fulfilling our own desires.
	should be put at the service of fulfilling other people’s desires.

	should determine itself independently of desire.
	both A and B

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Question 121 pts

According to Nagel in “War and Massacre,” which of the following may be permitted by absolutism, at least in some circumstances?

	Intentionally killing an innocent person
	Dropping a nuclear bomb on an enemy city

	Torturing an innocent person
	Doing something that unintentionally brings about an innocent person's death

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Question 131 pts

In the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant argues that when I find someone in need:

	I should do everything possible to help them, even if it means violating a moral duty.
	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 recognize that I could never will a world in which no one helped each other, and help them in the best way that I can.
	I should only help them if it benefits me as well.

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Question 141 pts

A false promise, according to Kant, is:

	something that I could will to be universal law only when it benefits the majority.
	something that I could will to be universal law only when it benefits me.

	something that I could will to be universal law only when it prevents a greater wrong.
	something that I could never will to be universal law.

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Question 151 pts

In the video “What Is Just War Theory?” Michael Walzer argues it is important to read the essays and memoir literature of soldiers because

	they make the toughest moral decisions on the battlefield
	they contain critical material regarding the actual experience of war

	moral arguments about war should ring true to
	all of the above

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Question 161 pts

In Kant Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, the maxim of an act is:

	the expected overall utility resulting from the action.
	the policy or principle that you would be following if you did it.

	the unconscious biological cause of the act.
	all of the above.

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Question 171 pts

A deontological theory of morality regards moral actions as:

	based on duty
	based on the best consequences

	proceeding from virtuous character
	relative to each person’s desires

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Question 181 pts

According to Kant in the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, suicide is:

	Moral if and only if one lives in a state or country where it is legal.
	Immoral because it involves treating one’s autonomous will merely as a means to the relief of suffering.

	Moral if and only if one does not have friends or family members that would be hurt by it.
	Immoral because it condemns one to eternal damnation.

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Question 191 pts

Michael Walzer argues that there is a radical distinction between war and civil life because

	war is an intensely collective and collectivizing experience
	the circumstances of war are intensely coercive in ways not found elsewhere in society

	war is a world of pervasive uncertainty
	all of the above

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Question 201 pts

According to Nagel in “War and Massacre,” to which of the following groups of people is hostility most appropriately aimed?

	Innocents
	Civilians

	Combatants
	Non-combatants