Chapter 5 - The Good Life

Among the philosophers who gave their views on good life, who stated that it is much better to suffer wrong than to do it?

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Socrates

• Epicurus

He was the first to declare, bluntly, that what makes life worth living is that we can experience pleasure.

• Plato

• Socrates

• Epicurus

• Aristotle

The view that pleasure is the good and is what makes life worth living

According to him, "a good life is a happy life."

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Epicurus

• Socrates

Aristotle agrees with Epicurus that to live the good life one must be a morally good person. He also agrees with Plato that a happy life will involve many and varied pleasurable experiences.

• True

• False

_________ is that which benefits by its use, the communal or national public.

• Public Good

• Human Existence

• Good life

Aristotle teaches that each man's life has a purpose and that the function of one's life is to attain that purpose.

• True

• False

In _________, the meaning of life is in attaining the highest form of knowledge, which is the Idea of the Good, from which all good and just things derive utility and value.

• Platonism

• Realism

• Hedonism

______________ is a theory of morality, which advocates actions that foster happiness or pleasure and opposes actions that cause unhappiness or harm.

• Utilitarianism

• Hedonism

• Platonism

Avoid shallow and transient pleasures. Keep your life simple. Seek calming pleasures that contribute to peace of mind.

From which of the 10 Golden Rules on Living a Good Life is the statement above?

• Master Yourself.

• Avoid Excess.

• Experience True Pleasure.

• Examine Life.