Module 5.1: Frameworks and Principles Behind Our Moral Disposition

Question 1

A branch of moral philosophy concerned with morally right and wrong criteria:

Answer 1

Ethics

Question 2

The ethical theories that emphasize virtues of mind and moral character over duties or rules:

Answer 2

Aretaic ethics

Question 3

The Greek word for virtue or excellence:

Answer 3

Arete

Question 4

A duty-based ethics derived from the Greek word deon:

Answer 4

Deontic ethics

Question 5

According to Aristotle, the ultimate end of human life is:

Answer 5

Eudaimonia

Question 6

Happiness, well-being, or the good life according to virtue ethics:

Answer 6

Eudaimonia

Question 7

A normative ethical theory that believes moral actions are centered on care virtues:

Answer 7

Care ethics

Question 8

The ethics based on one’s commonsense intuitions of admirable characteristics such as benevolence, kindness, compassion, and the like:

Answer 8

Virtue ethics

Question 9

What is the meaning of Telos?

Answer 9

Aim

Question 10

He systematized the Latin theology:

Answer 10

St. Thomas Aquinas

Question 11

Slote and Zagzebski (2018) believe that ______________________________________________________ are virtues that based on one’s commonsense intuitions of admirable characteristics such as benevolence, kindness, compassion, and the like.

Answer 11

Care virtues

Question 12

A compassionate person helps the needy because they genuinely care, not simply because a moral law dictates it, is an example of:

Answer 12

Care ethics

Question 13

What should we aim at to live a good life according to Aristotle?

Answer 13

Eudaimonia

Question 14

_______________________________________ understands rightness in terms of good motive and wrongness in terms of having bad motives.

Answer 14

Virtue ethics

Question 15

Slote presents a version of virtue ethics that aligns with the _______________________________________ notion rather than the deontic notion.

Answer 15

Aretaic

Question 16

Which approach emphasizes empathy and caring as central virtues?

Answer 16

Care ethics

Question 17

What does Telos mean?

Answer 17

Aim

Question 18

In agent-based virtue ethics, what determines the ethical judgment of an act?

Answer 18

The inner life and motives of the agent

Question 19

How does Aristotle capture the state that we experience if we fully achieve a good life?

Answer 19

Eudaimonia

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a proponent of virtue ethics?

Answer 20

Immanuel Kant

Question 21

According to the text, what is care ethics centered on?

Answer 21

Virtues of care and benevolence

Question 22

What is the focus of Slote’s agent-based virtue ethics?

Answer 22

Inner motives and character

Question 23

According to the text, what does Michael Slote present in a version of virtue ethics?

Answer 23

Aligns with the aretaic notion

Question 24

Who is associated with telos?

Answer 24

Aristotle

Question 25

Which strand of virtue ethics views morality and decision making as relational and context-bound?

Answer 25

Care ethics

Question 26

What should be the focus on moral evaluation according to Slote?

Answer 26

Moral character traits

Question 27

What question must you ask in Deontic (Duty-Based Ethics)?

Answer 27

"What must I do?"

Question 28

How are you going to evaluate an act in Agent-based virtue ethics?

Answer 28

Depends on the inner life of the agent who performs that act and the moral status of his motives.

Question 29

Why would a virtuous person naturally be honest due to their integrity?

Answer 29

To always tell the truth because it is a virtue

Question 30

What is the goal of an individual in Eudaimonia ethics?

Answer 30

Eudaimonia

Question 31

It emphasizes empathy and caring as central virtues, suggesting that a morally good person naturally acts out of deep concern for others.

Answer 31

Slote’s 2004 theory aligns with the aretaic notion by prioritizing virtues, moral character, and inner motivations rather than external duties or rules.

Question 32

Moral actions are centered on this type of virtues.

Answer 32

Care and benevolence

Question 33

He thought that the ultimate end, or telos, of human life is happiness (eudaimonia).

Answer 33

Aristotle

Question 34

A rejection of what approach argues that morality should stem from emotional sensitivity and virtues rather than external rules.

Answer 34

Deontic approach

Question 35

St. Thomas Aquinas is also known as:

Answer 35

Doctor Angelicus

Question 36

Virtue ethics emphasizes duties or rules over moral character.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

The aretaic approach focuses on character traits rather than specific actions.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

Deontic ethics evaluates morality based on inner motives.

Answer 38

False

Question 39

Slote rejects the deontic approach for being too rigid.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Eudaimonia is associated with Kant.

Answer 40

False

Question 41

Care ethics is a utilitarian perspective.

Answer 41

False

Question 42

Aristotle believed virtues are character dispositions.

Answer 42

True

Question 43

St. Thomas Aquinas rejected Aristotelian premises.

Answer 43

False

Question 44

Agent-based virtue ethics prioritizes external duties.

Answer 44

False

Question 45

According to Aristotle, actions in isolation are more important than our dispositions and our character.

Answer 45

False

Question 46

Moral courage is a product of deliberation or careful thought.

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Virtue ethics believes that moral actions are centered on the virtues of care and benevolence.

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Emotions do not affect the goal of the ultimate end, or telos, of human life is happiness (eudaimonia).

Answer 48

False

Question 49

Virtue ethics does not include a feminist philosophical perspective.

Answer 49

False

Question 50

The ethical judgment on an act does not depend on the inner life of the agent who performs that act and the moral status of his motives.

Answer 50

False

Question 51

Latin Theology is being systematized by Aristotle.

Answer 51

False

Question 52

Telos is associated with Aristotle, who thought that the ultimate end, or telos, of human life is happiness (eudaimonia).

Answer 52

True

Question 53

Slote argues that moral evaluation should focus on an individual's specific actions rather than character traits.

Answer 53

False

Question 54

Virtue ethics does not include those that emphasize the consequences of action (consequentialism).

Answer 54

True

Question 55

Ethics is the same as moral.

Answer 55

True

Question 56

Actions and adherence to the rule is a question in aretaic.

Answer 56

False

Question 57

Emotion is needed in doing and achieving eudaimonia.

Answer 57

True

Question 58

Telos ethics is a moral ethics that focuses on the emotion, care, and feelings of other people and one's self.

Answer 58

True

Question 59

St. Thomas Aquinas created Aristotelian premises.

Answer 59

False

Question 60

Aristotle's emphasis is on moral duties and rules.

Answer 60

False

Question 61

St. Thomas Aquinas is from Italy.

Answer 61

True

Question 62

Moral Evaluation is based on character traits.

Answer 62

True

Question 63

Telos is a moral that means ethics.

Answer 63

False

Question 64

Eudaimonia means the rejection of Deontic Approach.

Answer 64

False

Question 65

Feminist philosophical perspective which views morality and decision making as relational and context-bound is from Care ethics.

Answer 65

True