Question 1

Suppose you are seriously ill and laid up in the hospital.If a friend came to visit you only because it was her duty to do so (duty was her only motivation),you would likely view her action as:

Accepted Answer

A) welcome. 
B) virtuous. 
C) emotional. 
D) insensitive.

Question 2

According to Aristotle,the greatest good for humans is:

Accepted Answer

A) virtue law. 
B) the golden mean. 
C) virtuosity. 
D) eudaimonia.

Question 3

Virtue ethics puts primary emphasis on being a good person and living a good life,whereas duty-based moral systems:

Accepted Answer

A) emphasize a life of happiness and flourishing. 
B) emphasize happiness through correct living. 
C) pay much less attention to following rules of conduct. 
D) pay much less attention to virtuous character and living a good life.

Question 4

A physician may be virtuous (kind,just,and honest)and still not know:

Accepted Answer

A) which actions are morally permissible. 
B) how to be virtuous. 
C) whether virtue is good. 
D) whether virtues are worth cultivating.

Question 5

A virtue is:

Accepted Answer

A) a stable disposition to act and feel according to the moral law. 
B) a stable disposition to act and feel according to some ideal or model of excellence. 
C) habitual acts that result in eternal excellence. 
D) an act of charity.

Exam 7: Virtue Ethics: Be A Good Person

Suppose you are seriously ill and laid up in the hospital.If a friend came to visit you only because it was her duty to do so (duty was her only motivation) ,you would likely view her action as:

According to Aristotle,the greatest good for humans is:

Virtue ethics puts primary emphasis on being a good person and living a good life,whereas duty-based moral systems:

A physician may be virtuous (kind,just,and honest) and still not know:

A virtue is: