Deck 8: Virtue Ethics

Question 1

How are virtues related to everyday life?

Answer 1

They are related to everyday life in that they are more personal,having to do with personal ideals and how one wants to live one's life.

Question 2

According to Aristotle the good is

A) The end to which all things aim.
B) The best option available.
C) That which gives the best consequence.
D) That which makes one happy.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Virtue ethics emphasizes how we should determine what is the right thing to do.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

According to Philippa Foot a virtue is a perfection of

A) Mind.
B) Action.
C) Reasoning.
D) Will.

Question 5

Virtues are positive traits of character.

Question 6

What did Aristotle mean when he said that virtue was an excellence of some sort?

Question 7

Pride is the virtue between ______ and _________

A) Humility and vanity.
B) Humility and arrogance.
C) Vanity and meekness.
D) Meekness and arrogance.

Question 8

Virtue Ethics helps us determine

A) Whether an action is moral.
B) Whether a form of ethical reasoning is virtuous.
C) How to calculate between consequential and nonconsequential reasoning.
D) How we ought to be.

Question 9

According to the text,in the USA to say we value courage,patriotism,and loyalty would suggest we are

A) A society willing to stand for what we believe.
B) A warlike society.
C) A just society.
D) A prosperous society.

Question 10

Which virtue does Philippa Foot identify as benefiting community rather than self?

A) Temperance
B) Charity
C) Wisdom
D) Courage

Question 11

The virtue of courage should enable one to face danger.

Question 12

The opposite of virtue is weakness.

Question 13

Which of the following was not mentioned by MacKinnon as an example of the focus of virtue ethics?

A) How to treat ones co-workers.
B) How honest one should be.
C) How to pick a side in the debate of a major social issue.
D) What is fair in a particular situation.

Question 14

How could the structure of a particular society play a role in what was considered a virtue?