Kant's Life
Kant's Beliefs
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The Enlightenment
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Where was Kant born?

The Kingdom of Prussia
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Does Kant think lying is okay in some situations?

No

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Kant is from the ______ Era

Enlightenment

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Who is on the 100 dollar bill?

Benjamin Franklin

100
This American founding document was written in response to John Locke's ideas of natural rights

Declaration of Independence

200

How does Kant test morality?

Is it okay if everyone did it?

200

What 2 words does Kant use to describe the world as it is, and the world as we see it?? ____ vs ____

Phenomena vs Noumena

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_____ and ____ are forms of intuition

Space and Time

200

What is the closest planet to the sun?

Mercury

200

John Locke believed that the government should protect life, _____, and _______

Liberty and Property

300

What caused Kant to change his name from Emanuel to Immanuel

He learned Hebrew

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What is Kant's "duty-based ethical framework that judges the morality of actions based on whether they adhere to rules, duties, or obligations, rather than the consequences they produce"

Deontology

300

Kant would classify himself as a _________ Idealist.

Transcendental

300

What, in economics, is the value of the next best alternative that you give up when you make a choice?

Opportunity Cost

300

What philosopher believed that people need a strong government in order to escape a "chaotic state of nature", and wrote "Leviathan".

Thomas Hobbes

400

Kant beliefs actions are morally right or wrong based on the ________

Perpetrator

400

What term describes the supreme, objective, and unconditional moral law requiring that actions be based on universalizable principles, regardless of desires or consequences

The Categorical Imperative

400

_____ is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy

Morality

400

Who wrote, "The Giver".

Lois Lowry

400

What enlightenment thinkers believed in laissez-faire and wrote "The Wealth of Nations"

Adam Smith
500

What is Kant's birthday?

April 22, 1724
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What 2 things did Kant focus on reconciling?

Faith and Reason

500

Kant graduated from the University of _______

Königsberg

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Who served the shortest term in US President history?

William Henry Harrison
500

What English philosopher argued for empirical observation, often seen at the "Father of Empiricism"?

Francis Bacon