CH 2 ETHICS ARISTOTLE: NICOMACHEAN ETHICS MULTIPLE CHOICE T/F

T/F According to Aristotle, people never voluntarily do anything bad.

F

T/F Aristotle claims that the best sort of life is an active life of politics.

F

T/F Aristotle claims that the virtues are innate.

F

T/F In Aristotle's view, anyone who is virtuous is guaranteed to be happy.

F

T/F Aristotle argues that we are morally responsible for whether we are virtuous or vicious.

T

In Aristotle's view, the virtues are: a. acquired through habit. b. acquired through philosophical reflection. c. a gift from the gods. d. innate.

a. acquired through habit.

Aristotle claims that: a. virtue is in our power, and so is vice. b. virtue is in our power, but vice is not. c. vice is in our power, but virtue is not. d. neither virtue nor vice is in our power.

a. virtue is in our power, and so is vice.

Aristotle divides the virtues into: a. natural virtues and artificial virtues. b. moral virtues and intellectual virtues. c. positive virtues and negative virtues. d. human virtues and divine virtues.

b. moral virtues and intellectual virtues.

In Aristotle's terminology, incontinence is when: a. one does not know that one's actions are wrong. b. one knows that one's actions are wrong, but does them anyway. c. one knows that one's feelings are inappropriate, and does not act on them. d. one does the right action, but for the wrong reason.

b. one knows that one's actions are wrong, but does them anyway.

According to Aristotle, we should begin ethical inquiry by specifying: a. which things are intrinsically valuable. b. the aim of human life c. what our fundamental duties are. d. what constraints on behavior it would be reasonable to agree to.

b. the aim of human life

Aristotle states that if we ask what the highest good of human action is: a. there is no agreement about the answer. b. most people agree that it is pleasure. c. nearly everyone agrees that it is happiness. d. there is no objective answer to this question.

c. nearly everyone agrees that it is happiness

Aristotle ends the Ethics with a segue to a discussion of: a. aesthetics. b. theology. c. politics. d. natural science.

c. politics.

According to Aristotle, happiness is: a. a state of mind. b. a feeling or sensation. c. a craft. d. activity of the soul in accordance with virtue.

d. activity of the soul in accordance with virtue.