Preston Stovall | Professional Virtue, Professional Self-Awareness, and Engineering Ethics

Multiple Choice

Preston Stovall | Professional Virtue, Professional Self-Awareness, and Engineering Ethics
Stovall introduces Aristotle's main arguments and definitions from the Nicomachean Ethics and discusses how professional virtue can best be seen as a subset of Aristotle's ethical virtues. He uses the example of professional engineering virtues to make his case, further emphasizing the role of professional self-awareness in developing a flourishing and successful professional career.
-According to Aristotle and many Greek thinkers of his day, the essential function that distinguishes humans from animals is

A) virtue.
B) endurance.
C) rational activity.
D) excellence.