Science, Technology and Nichomachean Ethics Flashcards
The midpoint between cowardice and recklessness
Courage
the virtue between overindulgence and insensitivity
Temperance
virtue of charity
Generosity
golden mean between miserliness and giving more than you can afford
Generosity
virtue of living extravagantly
Magnificence
between stinginess and vulgarity
Magnificence
the virtue relating to pride
Magnanimity
the midpoint between not giving yourself enough credit and having delusions of grandeur
Magnanimity
intermediate between empty vanity and undue humility
Right ambition
the virtue that controls your temper
Patience
neither get too angry nor fail to get angry when they should
Patience
virtue of honesty
Truthfulness
between the vices of habitual lying and being tactless or boastful
Truthfulness
midpoint between buffoonery and boorishness
Wittiness
virtue of a good sense of humor
Wittiness
virtue lies between not being friendly at all and being too friendly towards too many people
Friendliness
virtue of dealing fairly with others
Justice
between selfishness and selflessness
Justice
state of being splendor of surroundings
Magnificence
deficit/opposite of the virtue of generosity
greediness
ability to be calm of being calm and cheerful and not easily getting upset to others
Patience
quality of achieving the right goal and or desire for a right success
Right ambition
deficient of the virtue friendliness
Over familiarity
logical process adopted by scientists to develop knowledge of nature and present it as acceptable fact
Scientific method
Man continue to evolve because he is constantly in pursuit of the
Good life
The human conditions in the common era are much better off because they have access to information and education. This is due to the improvement of
Literacy rate
By believing that there is some ultimate good that is both final and self-sufficient, he begins Nicomachean Ethics, and he describes this good as happiness. Who is this person?
Aristotle
A _________ person aims in the attainment of good life and happiness through his discovery and innovations
Virtuous
Homo erectus discovered this through chipping one flint over the other to produce a spark, all the while without realizing the laws of friction. It is considered as one of the most important discovery of mankind
Fire
What is the general process use in science to develop from the need of understanding the natural phenomena?
Scientific method
Due to technology, lesser women and children die during birth, assuring robust population and strong workforce. This is because of the decrease in_____.
mortality rate
