VIRTUE ETHICS

Question 1

Quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

Answer 1

virtue

Question 2

are good characteristics.

Answer 2

virtue

Question 3

he or she exhibits plausible
characteristics all the time regardless of the situation.

Answer 3

virtuous person

Question 4

allows a person to improve, to develop, beyond what has been imposed upon him or her by the society, ideologies, experiences, and trauma.

Answer 4

virtue

Question 5

A moral system that places emphasis on developing good habits of character, and avoiding bad character traits.

Answer 5

virtue ethics

Question 6

give importance to moral education which molds individuals to habitually act in virtuous manner.

Answer 6

virtue based theories

Question 7

It emphasizes on developing good habits of character and avoiding bad character traits or vices.

Answer 7

virtue ethics

Question 8

People are focused on developing their faculties (intellect, social, physical, moral, etc.)

Answer 8

virtue ethics

Question 9

Virtues are the ________ traits that people praises you for.

Answer 9

“freely chosen”

Question 10

People praise virtues because:

Answer 10

1. Difficult to develop
2. Corrective of natural deficiencies
3. Beneficial both to self and society

Question 11

Exhibited by a moral or virtuous person.

Answer 11

virtue ethics

Question 12

A virtuous person is someone who
“__________” displays his virtues over time.

Answer 12

unfailingly

Question 13

Socrates and Plato’s Moral Philosophy

Answer 13

theory of forms
form of the good

Question 14

Everything in the material world is what it is by virtue of its resemblance, or participation in, this universal form or idea.

Answer 14

theory of forms

Question 15

everything is independent of its surroundings because of its resemblance to the established universal definition of an idea.

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theory of forms

Question 16

Highest of all forms.

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form of the good

Question 17

he said “Those who comprehend good will
always do good”

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plato

Question 18

they said “Virtue is regarded as knowledge and can be taught.”

Answer 18

socrates and plato

Question 19

The ultimate goal of human is

Answer 19

self realization

Question 20

Achieving one’s natural purpose produces happiness, whereas inability to realize it leads to sadness, disappointment, frustration, and poor life.

Answer 20

happiness and virtue

Question 21

Flourishing or self-realization is attainable by habitual practice of moral and intellectual excellences.

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virtue as habit

Question 22

through repetitive practices, goodness becomes part of us

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virtue as habit

Question 23

A _________, sees truly, judges rightly and acts morally.

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virtuous person

Question 24

Two Types of Virtue:

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virtue of intellect
moral virtue

Question 25

rational part of the soul

Answer 25

virtue of intellect

Question 26

part of the rational soul that obeys “reason”

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moral virtue

Question 27

Virtue lies neither in the vices of deficient and vices of excess

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virtue and the golden mean

Question 28

Virtue is found in the middle ground - between the two less desirable extremes.

Answer 28

virtue and the golden mean

Question 29

Aristotle’s Four Basic Moral Virtues:

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courage
temperance
justice
prudence

Question 30

lies between cowardice
and being tactless

Answer 30

courage

Question 31

lies between gluttony
and frugality

Answer 31

temperance

Question 32

lies between giving others of
what they deserve neither more or less

Answer 32

justice

Question 33

helps to know what is just
and reasonable

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prudence

Question 34

he said “Virtue is acquired by practices and lost by disuse.”

Answer 34

aristotle