Vitue Ethics Flashcards
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According to Aristotle, the essential function of a certain kind of thing is determined by which of the following?
A. Its essential virtues
B. Its essential capacities
C. Its essential role
D. Its essential essence
B. Its essential capacities
For Aristotle, the fundamental good is which of the following?
A. Pleasure
B. Knowledge
C. Eudaimonia
D. Beauty
C. Eudaimonia
According to Aristotle, the most fundamental good has which of the following features?
A. It’s complete
B. It’s self-sufficient
C. It’s most choice-worthy
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
What does Aritotle think is the most fundamental question in ethics?
A. What makes an action right?
B. What is intrinsically good?
C. What makes someone a good person?
D. What is the meaning of life?
C. What makes someone a good person?
What does eudaimonia mean?
It can be translated to “human flourishing” or “living well”.
What is Aristotle’s function argument?
It’s for human beings to live well which is to engage in rational activity excellently (or “virtuously”)
What is rightness in Hursthouse’s defense of Virtue Ethics?
Rightness is for an action to be right is for it to be what a virtuous agent would characteristically do in the circumstances.
Which of the following is a prima facie problem for a virtue-theoretic account of right action?
A. The problem of identity
B. The Gettier problem
C. The problem of evil
D. The conflict problem
D. The conflict problem
According to Hursthouse, right actions are which of the following?
A. Actions that maximize eudaimonia
B. Actions that conform to the Categorical Imperative
C. Actions that a virtuous agent would characteristically perform
D. Actions that express rational attitudes?
C. Actions that a virtuous agent would characteristically perform
According to Hursthouse, virtue ethics provides an answer to the question:
A. What should I do?
B. What sort of person should I be?
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
C. Both A and B
