MODULE 8- HOW IS MORAL CHARACTER DEVELOPED?

Question 1

refers to the existence or lack of virtues such as integrity, courage,
fortitude, honesty, and loyalty.

Answer 1

MORAL CHARACTER

Question 2

To say that a certain person has a ___________ means that
he/she is a good person and a good citizen with a sound moral compass (De Guzman et al., 2017).

Answer 2

GOOD MORAL CHARACTER

Question 3

The term “character” comes from the ancient Greek term

Answer 3

CHARAKTER - a mark impressed upon a coin

Question 4

Aristotle most often used the term ____ for character,
which is etymologically linked to “ethics” and “morality” (Latin: mores)

Answer 4

ETHE

Question 5

represents the concept that individual’s actions are based upon inner moral virtue where Aristotle was the leading figure of it

Answer 5

VIRTUE ETHICS

Question 6

Nicomachean Ethics two distinct of human excellences,

Answer 6

(1) excellences of thoughts
(2) excellences of character

Question 7

Aristotle considered goodness of character as a product of the _____

Answer 7

PRACTICE OF VIRTUOUS BEHAVIOR

Question 8

according to Aristotle,______are tendencies to act, to feel, and judge, tendencies which are
developed from natural capacity through proper training and exercise

Answer 8

VIRTUES

Question 9

Aristotle’s views of virtues and vices

Answer 9

EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY

Question 10

particular kinds of properties or characteristics that objects can possess.
Examples of dispositions include the solubility of a sugar-cube in water, the fragility of porcelain, the elasticity of a rubber band, and the magnetism of a lodestone

Answer 10

DISPOSITION

Question 11

those dispositions of character for which it is appropriate to hold
agents morally responsible.

Answer 11

MORAL CHARACTER TRAITS

Question 12

Moral character does not affects one’s moral decision.

Answer 12

FALSE

Question 13

Three aspects of action

Answer 13

*Repetition of Action and its Effect on the Person
*The Type of Action
*Intention and Responsibility

Question 14

Actions can be repetitive or automatic in (at least) three different ways:

Answer 14

by habit
by education
by habitus

Question 15

When an action is constantly repeated, over time

Answer 15

HABIT

Question 16

Another type of automatic action is a skill. Actions become skills through repetition and experience. These actions are done without consciously thinking through all the steps and reasoning and judgments.

Answer 16

EDUCATION

Question 17

inclination or disposition, an inclination, a willingness, to respond charitably to anyone in need as the situation arises.

Answer 17

HABITUS

Question 18

One may also will to be miserly and act in a miserly way and therefore develop a bad disposition or

Answer 18

habitus of miserliness.

Question 19

2 TYPES OF ACTION (AQUINAS)

Answer 19

• acts of a human being (actus humanus)
• human acts (actus humanis)

Question 20

rational acts and are more closely associated with character than are acts of human beings,

Answer 20

HUMAN ACTS

Question 21

LAUGHING AT FUNNY THINGS

Answer 21

MORAL ACTS

Question 22

LAUGHING FOR BEING TICKLED

Answer 22

HUMAN ACTS

Question 23

Two important aspects of the revelatory nature of action

Answer 23

INTENTION AND RESPONSIBILITY

Question 24

the rational power of human beings to act. It is the ability to choose what is good (or what one thinks is good) directed by reason

Answer 24

WILL