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