Virtue Ethics

There are two types of virtues

Moral and intellectual virtues

A thing's ___________ is what it can do, or what nothing else can do so well

Work/good

Happiness is an activity of the ____________ in conformity with ___________________

Soul; Reason

The moral virtue of courage is the mean between the extremes of ______________________ and _______________________

Cowardliness and Rashness

True or false: Aristotle makes a distinction between instrumental and intrinsic goods

TRUE

True or false: Modern ethics is focused on what is good for humans, and how we ought to live, whereas Aristotle is more interested in rights and duties

FALSE

True or False: Aristotle does not provide any arguments to show that courage, temperance, generosity, etc. are good.

TRUE

True or False: One example of an intrinsic good is happiness

TRUE

True or False: The good of a pen is writing, and it's a "virtuous" pen if it writes well

TRUE

True or False: Being morally virtuous requires submitting one's feelings and actions to reason

TRUE

Virtue can be defined as

Doing something well and doing something with excellence

Happiness is:
a. a feeling
b. a condition
c. desire-satisfaction (getting what you want)
d. something you can receive
e. all of the above
f. none of the above

None of the above

If we do what is right due to a disposition established by practice and habit, Aristotle calls our condition

Virtuous

If we do what is right despite contrary inclination, Aristotle calls our condition ________________ , something inferior to virtuous.

Continent

If we try but fail to do what we know we should, we are called

Incontinent

If we have no interest even in trying to do what we know we should, we are called

Vicious