Virtue Ethics

What is eudaimonia?

• The "final end", the summum bonum (greatest good) for a person.

• Fulfilling one's duty.

• When someone is utilizing their skills.

What is practical wisdom?

• Acting in an appropriate way.

• When experience is brought to bear on situations, so that the right outcome results.

• Working out the right action through reasoning.

What does "ergon" mean?

• Function

• Purpose

• Characteristic activity

"Arete" means...

• excellence.

• virtue.

• skill.

In order for someone to be called eudaimon, they need...

• virtue, pleasure and wealth

• virtue, wealth and courage

• pleasure, wealth and honesty

The doctrine of the mean refers to acting in an ... way, which is different for different people.

• average

• ordered

• intermediate

Aristotle claims that pleasure is not the only good.

• True

• False

Which of these could be an objection to Aristotle?

• Achieving eudaimonia is only possible if you dedicate your life to theoretical reasoning.

• The "mean" may not be the same for everyone.

• Virtues can clash.

What two things make an action involuntary?

• Force and ignorance

• Force and habituation

• Ignorance and habituation

For Aristotle, an unjust act is...

• one where the person acts voluntarily.

• one where the person acts involuntarily.

• one where the person acts through choice.