1. Question : According to Kant, persons: Student Answer: are rational beings. must always be regarded as an end. have absolute value. all of the above. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, pp. 28-30. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 2.Question : According to Kant, suicide is: Student Answer: Moral if and only if one’s life becomes too burdensome. Moral if and only if it relieves other people’s burdens. Immoral because it involves treating one’s autonomous will merely as a means to the relief of suffering. Immoral because it condemns one to eternal damnation. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals page 29. Points Received: 0 of 1 Comments: Question 3 Question : According to the video “Religion, War, and Violence,” Just War . Theory asserts that military intervention Student Answer: can be seen as an act of altruism must always have an altruistic component must be primarily an act of altruism must never have an altruistic component Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found between 1:20-1:28 in the video “Religion, War, and Violence” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 4 Question : According to Thomas Nagel’s article, “War and Massacre,” the . absolutist position that creates no problems of interpretation is Student Answer: rule utilitarianism act utilitarianism pacifism humanitarian intervention Instructor The answer can be found on p.126 of Thomas Nagel’s article “War and Explanation: Massacre” Points Received: 0 of 1 Comments: Question 5.Question : According to Nagel, which of the following may be permitted by absolutism, at least in some circumstances? Student Answer: Intentionally killing an innocent person Doing something that brings about an innocent person's death Dropping a nuclear bomb on an enemy city Torturing an innocent person Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Thomas Nagel’s article “War and Massacre” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 6 Question : Kant explains that respect for a person is: . Student Answer: the recognition of the worth of the person’s potential contribution to society. dependent upon whether the person respects others. both A and B none of the above. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, pp. 28-30. Points Received: 0 of 1 Comments: Question 7 Question : Michael Walzer argues that there is a radical distinction between . war and civil life because Student Answer: 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 Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found between minutes 25:00-40:00 of the video “What is Just War Theory?”