Aristotle 2

Question 1

What are the two most general kinds virtue? (Ch. 1) Which kind is the focus of Book II? (Ch. 1)

Answer 1

Moral and intellectual

focus: moral

Question 2

2. How does this kind of virtue arise in human beings? What arguments does Aristotle provide to support his belief that it comes to be in this way? (Ch. 1)

Answer 2

It is in our nature to receive virtue, but we get it by acting/ doing/ practicing it. It is habit.
Compared it to playing the harp. You have to practice/ do it to acquire the ability to play it.
Set virtues are not in our nature for it can be changed.

Question 3

3. What destroys the virtues (moral qualities)? What preserves them? What argument does Aristotle use to support at this conclusion? (Ch. 2)

Answer 3

Destorys: too little or too much of a virtue.”defect and excess”. Like too much exercize or too little destorys our strength
Perserves: consistency and acting. like abstaining from pleasures we are better able to do that in the future. Same with courage. as we practice courage we are better able

Question 4

4. What is the best way to produce virtues in an individual who lacks them? (Ch. 2)

Answer 4

put them in a situation where they learn and practice habits.

Question 5

5. What three requirements does Aristotle give for a virtuous action? (Ch. 4)

Answer 5

First he must know what he is doing
Second he must choose the action himself for himself / its own sake
third must spring up from an unchangeable character(the older you get the more unchangeable the character)

Question 6

6. According to Aristotle, what is the “median”? What is the difference between a mathematical mean and the “mean relative to us”? (Ch. 6)

Answer 6

Median is not the same for everybody. It is the place between the 2 extremes. Mathmatecal mean is set. The mean relative to us is just that relative

Question 7

7. What is the definition of virtue as given in Chapter 6 (1106b36 and following)? Explain the meaning of this definition.

Answer 7

characteristic involving choice, and that it consist in a mean relative to us, a mean which is defined by a rational principle, such as a man with practical reason.
right time, right person, right meaning, right action

Question 8

not all virtues or actions have a mean

Answer 8

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