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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kant, what does it mean to act in accordance with one's desires?

2. In an aesthetic situation that is not ideal, how does one judge?

3. For Kant, what was moral law based on the idea of?

4. What did Kant permit the government to engage in?

5. According to Hegel, how did his subject of study build?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Kant, how is beauty judged?

2. What is the modern connection to Kant's work?

3. According to Kant, what should the government's role be?

4. What is paradox freedom?

5. Describe Kant's overall impact on philosophy.

6. Describe Schopenhauer's interpretation of Kant's philosophies.

7. How is beauty subjective?

8. Describe Kant's second formulation of the categorical imperative at the root of morality.

9. Describe Kant's basic political belief.

10. Describe Kant's hypothetical imperative.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Kant's fundamental question of metaphysics. What was Kant's subjective argument? What was his objective argument?

Essay Topic 2

What is the difference between a hypothetical imperative and a categorical imperative? How did Kant use these in his theories? Give three examples of each.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the beliefs about reason held by Leibniz, Hume, and Kant.

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