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Question 1

X is the highest good of human endeavors and that

toward which all actions aim.

Answer 1

Flourishing

Question 2

According to Ceslas Spicq, the focus of ancient philosophers

was defining the X

Answer 2

well-lived life.

Question 3

the philosophers called the well-lived life as X, which we can translate as “flourishing” or happiness.

Answer 3

Eudaimonia

Question 4

X explains the Stoic’s core

teachings.

Answer 4

The Stoic Happiness Triangle

Question 5

• The Stoic Happiness Triangle is part of the book ”X”

Answer 5

The

Little Book of Stoicism.

Question 6

The only way to achieve true flourishing was to live a

life separate from the influence of X.

Answer 6

fickle emotions

Question 7

This is about being your best

version in the here and now.

Answer 7

Live with Areté:

Question 8

The Stoics
realized that there are things we control, and
things we don’t control.

Answer 8

Focus on What You Control:

Question 9

Even if we don’t control
everything that happens, we must take
responsibility for our own lives. Because every
event offers an area we control, namely how
we judge the event and how we choose to
respond.

Answer 9

Take Responsibility:

Question 10

Stoic Happiness Triangle

Answer 10

Live with Areté:

Focus on What You Control:

Take Responsibility:

Question 11

Kant’s vision of ethics was that they should not be about the
X, but about principles of duty,
ultimately the duties that are X.

Answer 11

individual’s flourishing and happiness

universal to all people

Question 12

The highest good for human beings is attaining both virtue and happiness at
the same time.

Answer 12

Immanuel Kant

Question 13

epicurus’ ethics can be viewed as a form of X

Answer 13

egoistic hedonism (or
hedonistic egoism).

Question 14

Happiness is not ignored when making decisions in life. It is not
unimportant.

Answer 14

Immanuel Kant

Question 15

There is no necessary connection between virtue and happiness,
frequently it is the case that doing what is right is in the opposition to
doing what would make us happy.

Answer 15

Immanuel Kant

Question 16

• “We should all cultivate good will with the rest of the world, and that
is not a measure of happiness but real well-being.”

Answer 16

Immanuel Kant

Question 17

“We all desire happiness as an end in itself, and all other things
are desired as a means for producing happiness.”

Answer 17

epicurus

Question 18

He said that human beings need health of the body and calm of
the soul and that freedom from pain and peace of mind imply a
state of rest and tranquility. When it reaches this goal, he is in a
state of contentment and rest called happiness, eudaimonia, or
tranquility of mind (ataraxia).

Answer 18

epicurus

Question 19

Virtues are rational behaviors that lead to X

Answer 19

Eudaimonia

Question 20

Virtues are desirable purely as instrumental means to happiness
and are chosen because of pleasure and not for their own sake.

Answer 20

epicurus

Question 21

Actions should be measured in terms of happiness or

pleasure that they produce.

Answer 21

Utilitarians

Question 22

Happiness = pleasure and the absence of pain

Answer 22

Utilitarians

Question 23

We should pursue pleasure and happiness not just for

ourselves, but for as many sentient beings as possible.

Answer 23

Utilitarians

Question 24

X believed that happiness not pleasure should

be the standard of utility.

Answer 24

John Stuart Mill

Question 25

For X, pleasure and pain govern not only how | human beings act but also how human beings ought to act

Answer 25

Jeremy Bentham

Question 26

``` “I ought do that act which will bring about the greatest happiness (pleasure) for the greatest number of persons (the community).” ```

Answer 26

Utilitarians

Question 27

Coined the word Eudaimonia.

Answer 27

Aristotle

Question 28

He was an empiricist

Answer 28

Aristotle

Question 29

• You should become virtuous because if you are, then you can attain the pinnacle of humanity (Eudaimonia).

Answer 29

Aristotle

Question 30

“All humans seek to flourish. It’s the proper and desired end of all of our actions.”

Answer 30

Aristotle

Question 31

There are four aspects of human nature, and he is often quoted saying “Man is a rational creature who lives in poleis (societies).”

Answer 31

Aristotle

Question 32

The four aspects of human nature are X

Answer 32

physical being, emotional | being, social being and rational being.

Question 33

Is a treatise on the nature of moral life and human happiness based on the unique essence of human nature.

Answer 33

NICHOMACHEAN ETHICS (NE/EN)

Question 34

something worthwhile not because it leads to something else | but for its own sake alone.

Answer 34

Intrinsic Good

Question 35

leads to something else that is good or a means to some | end.

Answer 35

Instrumental Good

Question 36

let us buy medicine and vitamins for our health.

Answer 36

money

Question 37

Does not encompasses all aspects of life

Answer 37

Pleasure?

Question 38

what kind of good is wealth

Answer 38

intermediate good - only instrumental

Question 39

happiness or welfare

Answer 39

EUDAIMONIA eu – good daimon – spirit

Question 40

illustrates a nested hierarchy of the functions | and activities of the soul.

Answer 40

Aristotle’s TRIPARTE SOUL –

Question 41

all living things require nourishment and ability to | reproduce.

Answer 41

Nutritive Degree –

Question 42

only animals and humans have the ability to move and | perceive.

Answer 42

Sensitive Degree –

Question 43

only humans are capable of practical and theoretical | functions.

Answer 43

Rational Degree –

Question 44

is only possible by living a life of virtue.

Answer 44

For Aristotle, eudaimonia

Question 45

Greek term defined as “excellence of any kind” and “moral virtue.”

Answer 45

Arête –

Question 46

Two types of virtues:

Answer 46

❖ Intellectual & Moral Virtue

Question 47

achieved through education, time, and experience.

Answer 47

Intellectual Virtue | –

Question 48

is a key intellectual virtue that guide | ethical behavior

Answer 48

Wisdom

Question 49

is gained from scientific endeavors | and contemplation.

Answer 49

Understanding

Question 50

can be achieved | through formal and non formal means.

Answer 50

Both Wisdom and Understanding

Question 51

are acquired through self-taught | knowledge and skills.

Answer 51

Intellectual virtues

Question 52

achieved through habitual practice

Answer 52

Moral Virtue

Question 53

is a key moral virtue that by being | repeatedly unselfish

Answer 53

Generosity

Question 54

is gained by repeatedly resisting | every inviting opportunity.

Answer 54

Temperance

Question 55

is gained by repeatedly exhibiting the proper action and emotional response in the face of danger.

Answer 55

Courage

Question 56

is like a skill that is acquired | through repeated practice.

Answer 56

Moral Virtue

Question 57

The X in the sense of eudaimonia is the state of being happy, health, and prosperous in the way on thinks, lives, and acts.

Answer 57

good life