Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Ethics > Virtue Ethics > Flashcards

Virtue Ethics Flashcards

1
Q

An ethical theory developed by Aristotle in his book Nicomachean Ethics.

A

Virtue Ethics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Virtue ethics is an ethical theory developed by who?

A

Aristotle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What is the title of the book that contains the ethical theory virtue ethics?

A

Nichomachean Ethics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

In this particular book, Aristotle offers moral principles of conduct that would guide human actions in attaining the __ ____.

A

“good life”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What guides human actions in attaining the “good life”?

A

moral principles of conduct

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Who is the teacher of Aristotle in the Academia?

A

Plato

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Who founded his own school, the Lyceum, because of his intellectual differences with Plato.?

A

Aristotle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What is the name of Aristotle’s own school?

A

Lyceum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

The formulation of virtue ethics is primarily grounded in the _____ _____

A

Greeks tradition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

demonstrates theories essential for the moral development of the entire morally capacitated beings.

A

formulation of virtue ethics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

defined as an approach to ethics that emphasizes the person’s character in moral thinking.

A

Virtue Ethics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

This theory (virtual ethics) further posits that the basic function of morality is the _____ _____ of persons.

A

moral character

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Rather than following a set of rules, what must be cultivated instead is the _____ __ ___ ______.

A

character of the person

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

_________ is essential to the person’s achievement of the ____.

A

*character
*good

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

In any moral situations, virtue ethics does not provide the _____ ________ _________ principles to guide his/her actions.

A

moral agent specific

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What virtue ethics provides in attaining the good?

A

simply ideal behaviors, traits, and characters.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

-for Aristotelian ethics, ________ ______ is a central category that can help individual become virtuous.
-a moral skill that enables a person to discern what’s right from what’s wrong, to be able to know how to respond to everyday moral situations.

A

practical wisdom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

focus on the consequences of one’s action as the definitive basis for the rightness or wrongness of one’s actions.

A

consequentialist theories

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Virtue ethics emphasizes the person’s practical moral development which is key to the attainment of _____ ______.

A

authentic happiness

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

virtue ethics deals with broader questions like:

A

-What kind of life should I live?
-What is the good life?
-How can I be consistent in my moral actions?

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

To fully understand Aristotle’s ethics, we must take into consideration the notions of ______, ______, and _______.

A

-virtue
-telos
-good habit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

notions of virtue, telos, and good habit will help us understand the true meaning of Aristotle’s notion of _______ or _______.

A

-happiness
-Eudaimonia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Aristotle’s concept of happiness differs from that of?

A

-Socrates
-Plato

24
Q

for Aristotle, happiness only consists in ______ _____.

A

virtuous activity

25
Q

-the ultimate goal or end of human life.
-This happiness or the ultimate end is genuinely desired for its own sake or without qualification.

A

happiness or eudaimonia

26
Q

actions which precede this end become the most valuable and cannot be superseded by any actions driven by _____ ____ of ends.

A

ordinary kinds

27
Q

Like Eudaimonia, ________ is also good. That’s why, Aristotle does not condemn man for desiring ________ because it is a significant part in human flourishing.

A

pleasure

28
Q

for Aristotle, the desire and actions that lead to pleasure only presuppose limited value since its end is?

A

temporary

29
Q

is it true that the satisfaction that one gets from these actions (pleasure) cannot be truly called happiness?

A

Yes. It is true.

30
Q

For Aristotle, these actions (pleasure) which only lead humans into the pit of two opposing vices (either _____ or_____), drive them away from the ultimate end.

A

-excess
-deficiency

31
Q

For Aristotle, only _____ ____ can lead man toward living the good life or happiness.

A

virtuous acts

32
Q

defined as a behavior showing high moral standards or the general quality of goodness in a person. It is categorically described as the opposite of vice.

A

Virtue

33
Q

Vices, according to Aristotle, are the two extremes of the spectrum, what are those spctrum?

A

-one is the excess
-the other is deficiency

34
Q

Virtue is the _____ or the middle ground.

A

Mean

35
Q

Excess at ___ ____ and deficiency at the ____ ____.

A

-one side
-the other side

36
Q

A _____ _____ means practicing moderation – that is avoiding excess and deficiency.

A

virtuous behavior

37
Q

a principle that suggests that a moral behavior is one that is in the middle of two extremes.

A

Doctrine of the mean

38
Q

(A virtuous behavior means practicing moderation – that is avoiding excess and deficiency) Aristotle calls this the ______ __ ___ ____.

A

Doctrine of the mean

39
Q

Below are the examples of the Doctrine of the mean.
Between shameless and touchiness is _______.

If a moral agent maintains patience or ____ _____(mean) and ____ _____ (excess) or _____ _______(deficiency), then he is said to have possessed virtue.

A

-modesty

-good temper
-rejects irascibility
-lack of spirit

40
Q

The excess, mean, and deficiency of fear and confidence

A

Excess: Rashness
Mean: Courage
Deficiency: Cowardice

41
Q

The excess, mean, and deficiency of pleasure and pain.

A

Excess: Self-indulgence
Mean: Temperance
Deficiency: Insensibility

42
Q

The excess, mean, and deficiency of Getting and Spending

A

Excess: Prodigality
Mean: Liberality
Deficiency: Meanness

43
Q

The excess, mean, and deficiency of honor and dishonor.

A

Excess: Ambition
Mean: Proper ambition
Deficiency: Unambitiousness

44
Q

The excess, mean, and deficiency of anger.

A

Excess: Irascibility
Mean: Patience
Deficiency: Lack of spirit

45
Q

The excess, mean, and deficiency of Self-expression.

A

Excess: Boastfulness
Mean: Truthfulness
Deficiency: Mock modesty

46
Q

The excess, mean, and deficiency of Indignation.

A

Excess: Envy
Mean: Righteous indignation
Deficiency: Spitefulness

47
Q

Telos: The ______ ____.

A

ultimate end

48
Q

The Greek word telos is translated as ______ or ____. Its verb form teleo means __ ____ __ __ ____.

A

-Result or end
-to come to an end

49
Q

Aristotle conveys two distinct notions of end, namely:
a. Telos as ____ ___
b. Telos as ____ ___

A

-ordinary ends
-ultimate achievement

50
Q

composed of hierarchy (lower and higher ends).

A

Telos as ordinary ends

51
Q

the final end

A

Telos as the ultimate achievement

52
Q

Ordinary ends signify a goal wherein accomplishments are simply viewed as ________ of human beings’ _____ ______.

A

-byproducts
-common desire

53
Q

This goal is the stopping point, but it is not really the final or the ultimate one.

Since it is ordinary, it entails only temporary fulfilment from one’s experience of an apparent good.

A

Ordinary ends

54
Q

telos is indeed the point of completion of an activity that an individual wishes to achieve because of the foreseen ______ ____.

A

apparent good

55
Q

every human person is directed toward a goal or end which is good because such good is, most of all, the ______ ___.

A

desired end

56
Q

the series of ends cannot go on ___ ______(toward infinity).

A

ad infinitum

57
Q

For Aristotle, there must be an apex of the hierarchy which is also known as the __ ___ or the ____ ___. This is because, without the highest good as the ultimate end, there would be no reason for a ___ ___ to act morally.

A

-ultimate end or the
highest good

-rational being

Ethics (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions