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Ethics Chapter 9 Quiz

1. ____________ dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

A. Harry Truman B. Elizabeth Anscombe C. Immanuel Kant D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

2. ____________ denounced the bombardment of cities before America entered the war

A. Harry Truman B. Elizabeth Anscombe C. Immanuel Kant D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

3. ____________ argued that Britain should not go to war because they will fight by unjust means.

A. Harry Truman B. Elizabeth Anscombe C. Immanuel Kant D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

4. ____________ developed the notion of the Categorical Imperative.

A. Harry Truman B. Elizabeth Anscombe C. Immanuel Kant D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

5. ___________ was understood to have dropped the bomb based on utilitarian principles

A. Harry Truman B. Elizabeth Anscombe C. Immanuel Kant D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

6. ____________ was understood to have opposed dropping the bomb on the basis of the Categorical Imperative.

A. Harry Truman B. Elizabeth Anscombe C. Immanuel Kant D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

7. ___________ argued that hypothetical imperatives were based on relevant desires.

A. Harry Truman B. Elizabeth Anscombe C. Immanuel Kant D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

8. ___________ opposed contraception on the basis of Catholic beliefs.

A. Harry Truman B. Elizabeth Anscombe C. Immanuel Kant D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

9. __________ argued that one is never allowed to lie.

A. Harry Truman B. Elizabeth Anscombe C. Immanuel Kant D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

10. __________ argued that bombing cities was “inhuman barbarism” prior to America’s entry into the war.

A. Harry Truman B. Elizabeth Anscombe C. Immanuel Kant D. Franklin D. Roosevelt