Science, Technology and Nichomachean Ethics Flashcards

1
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The midpoint between cowardice and recklessness

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Courage

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2
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the virtue between overindulgence and insensitivity

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Temperance

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3
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virtue of charity

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Generosity

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4
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golden mean between miserliness and giving more than you can afford

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Generosity

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5
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virtue of living extravagantly

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Magnificence

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6
Q

between stinginess and vulgarity

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Magnificence

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7
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the virtue relating to pride

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Magnanimity

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8
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the midpoint between not giving yourself enough credit and having delusions of grandeur

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Magnanimity

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9
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intermediate between empty vanity and undue humility

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Right ambition

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10
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the virtue that controls your temper

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Patience

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11
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neither get too angry nor fail to get angry when they should

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Patience

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12
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virtue of honesty

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Truthfulness

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13
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between the vices of habitual lying and being tactless or boastful

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Truthfulness

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14
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midpoint between buffoonery and boorishness

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Wittiness

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15
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virtue of a good sense of humor

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Wittiness

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16
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virtue lies between not being friendly at all and being too friendly towards too many people

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Friendliness

17
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virtue of dealing fairly with others

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Justice

18
Q

between selfishness and selflessness

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Justice

19
Q

state of being splendor of surroundings

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Magnificence

20
Q

deficit/opposite of the virtue of generosity

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greediness

21
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ability to be calm of being calm and cheerful and not easily getting upset to others

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Patience

22
Q

quality of achieving the right goal and or desire for a right success

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Right ambition

23
Q

deficient of the virtue friendliness

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Over familiarity

24
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logical process adopted by scientists to develop knowledge of nature and present it as acceptable fact

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Scientific method

25
Q

Man continue to evolve because he is constantly in pursuit of the

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Good life

26
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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

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Literacy rate

27
Q

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?

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Aristotle

28
Q

A _________ person aims in the attainment of good life and happiness through his discovery and innovations

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Virtuous

29
Q

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

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Fire

30
Q

What is the general process use in science to develop from the need of understanding the natural phenomena?

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Scientific method

31
Q

Due to technology, lesser women and children die during birth, assuring robust population and strong workforce. This is because of the decrease in_____.

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mortality rate