Virtue Ethics
If I took pleasure in doing the morally right action, which philosopher would say I had the right motivation?
Aristotle
According to Aristotle the only vice opposite of courage/bravery is cowardice.
False
According to Aristotle, all virtuous people would act in the same way in a given moral situation.
False
"Eudaimonia" is best translated as:
Happiness
The "Two-World theory" is attributable to which philosopher?
Plato
According to Aristotle, a virtue is a mean between two vices.
True
According to Aristotle, horsemanship is a superior end than the goal of bridle-making.
True
The Greek term, arche, means origin/first cause.
True
The virtue of bravery/courage is the mean between being rash and being cowardly.
True
By the lights of virtue ethics, if you rescue someone from disaster solely out of a sense of duty, then your action is:
a morally deficient response.
Critics have taken virtue ethics to task for alleged problems in:
applying the theory.
Our considered moral judgments seem to suggest that moral disagreements among people with identical virtues are:
possible.
The fact that we regularly judge the moral permissibility of actions as well as assess the goodness of character suggests that:
virtue and character are important elements of the moral life.
A theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern is known as:
virtue ethics.
For Aristotle, a person living a life of reason is living a life of:
virtue.