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18 Cards in this Set
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Anthropeocentric criticism is a straw-man argument.
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False
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A straw-man argument is a Informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponents position. To attack a straw-man is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition with a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the straw man) and refuting it without ever having actually refuted the original proposition.
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True
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If Kant's civil freedom were to include all sentient beings. then there would be no justification for the restriction of their freedoms if and only if those freedoms do not conflict with other's freedoms.
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True
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If moral agents were to recognize all sentient beings as having the innate right of freedom, then certainly the sociological consequences would be quite sigificant.
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True
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In Kant's Doctrine of Right , as long as there in no violation of universal freedom, then citizens are allowed to behave and to choose any ends they wish which is the exact opposite of the absolutist criticism.
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True
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In Kant's Doctrine of Right it is true that civil law is concerned primarily about compliance to the law, not the motive of why a citizen complies. However this is a necessary civil approach when dealing with pluralistic societies. However, Kant does recognize that the moral value of civil compliance is based on motives other than that of coercion.
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True
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It is not true that Immanuel Kant was anthropocentric in his moral theories.
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False
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It would be very difficult to modify Kant's Doctrine of Right and the Doctrine of Virtue to take into account all sentient beings.
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False
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Kant's categorical imperative "Act in accordance with a maxim of ends that it can be a universal law for everyone to have" can only be exercised and applied by rational moral agents who can understand the categorical imperative and the social rules and contractual agreements.
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True
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Kant's categorical imperative "Act in accordance with a maxim of ends that it can be a universal law for everyone to have" can only be exercised an applied by rational moral agents who can undrstand the categorical imperative and the social rules and contractual agreements.
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True
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Kant's Doctrine of Right is not absolutist in that citizens ends are not determined and can be anything an agent chooses as long as they comply with the law that is based on the universal maxim of freedom for all.
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True
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Kant's Doctrine of Virtue allows all matters of choice of actions and ends as virtue presents imperfect/wide duties wich is the opposite of the absolutist criticism.
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True
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Kant's legislative laws are perfect/narrow duties which require specific actions and punishment for noncompliance yet the framework isnot absolutist in that it still allows for any number of choices of personal ends and means that do not violate civil law.
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True
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The absolutist criticism is not a straw-man argument.
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False
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The anthropocentric criticism is legitimate for Kant's Doctrine of Right but is not for Kant's Doctrine of Virtue.
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True
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The motive criticism against Kant is not a straw-man argument.
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False
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The motive criticism of Kant is clearly a straw-man argument with regard to the Doctrine of Virtue as the awe-inspiring motive of the perfect will is the very definition of the moral worth of virtue.
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True
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What kind of duties does Kant believe rational beings have towards non-rational beings?
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Indirect duties
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