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. An important moral criterion of adequacy is known as

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. Critics of the divine command theory have argued that the theory implies that God's commands are

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. According to Kant, nothing can be called "good" without qualification except

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. Kant says that when trying to decide whether an action is morally permissible, we must ask if we can consistently will that the maxim of our action should become a

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. To Kant, making a lying promise would be wrong because

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. Mill argues that the Greatest Happiness Principle is

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. Utilitarianism says that right actions are those that produce the greatest happiness for

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. According to Aristotle, we always desire happiness

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. Virtues are

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. According to Held, virtue ethics emphasizes the character of individuals, but the ethics of care focuses more on

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. Held says that the ethics of care

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. According to Held, care is both a

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. For subjectivists, everyone's moral views are

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. Act-utilitarianism is the view that the rightness of actions depends

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. True or False? Kant declares that we should never in any circumstances treat people as a means.

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. True or False? Kant believes that we should not treat persons merely as a means except when society's welfare is at stake.

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. True or False? Kant argues that the moral law is conditional.

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. True or False? Kant asserts that happiness is the sole end of human action.

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. True or False? Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the great forebears of feminist thought.

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. True or False? Aristotle says that virtue is a mean lying between two vices.

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. True or False? Held favors the liberal individualist concept of a person.

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. True or False? Held thinks that virtue ethics is a failed moral theory.

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. True or False? Cultural relativism eliminates the possibility of moral disagreement.

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. True or False? By the lights of cultural relativism, cross-cultural moral disagreement is possible.

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. True or False? From the fact that cultures have divergent moral beliefs on an issue, it does not logically follow that there is no objective moral truth.

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. True or False? From the fact that cultures have divergent moral beliefs on an issue, it does not logically follow that there is no objective moral truth.

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