The Good Life Flashcards
An ethical theory that puts highlight and emphasis on the character
VIRTUE THEORY
Thomas Aquinas states that “God made us with tools we need to know of what is good”
NATURAL LAW THEORY
Having true virtue means doing the right thing (Aristotle)
VIRTOUS
Being virtous are not bounded to being specific
TRUE
According to Aristotle “being virtous” is being at the “midpoint” of the extremes of good and bad, which he called?
VICES
The extreme of bad, called “deficiency”
TRUE
The extreme of good called “excess”
TRUE
The midpoint of virtousness is?
GOLDEN MEAN
One of the acts of virtousness
COURAGE
The right amount of giving when you have it and those, and giving to those who are needed
GENEROSITY
Real point of an action
GIST
Virtue is _, it is a way of living and can be learned through experience
SKILL
Aristotle called virtue is a knowledge of “Practical Wisdom” or call it _?
STREET SMART
Possessing virtue is a hard work of discipline, people who possesses virtue are called_?
MORAL EXEMPLARS
The pinnacle of life, called the_?
EUDAIMONIA
