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.