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Final Exam (Ancient)

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

According to Aristotle, which of the following are components of eudaimonia?

Virtue

Friendship

Harmony

External Goods

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why don't Aristotle (and Plato) believe that eudaimonia consists only in having external goods.

Eudaimonia cannot be easily lost, but external goods can

Eudaimonia implies chance, whereas external goods imply agency

Eudaimonia is unstable, but external goods are stable

Eudaimonia implies agency (of the sort for that involves praise), but external goods imply luck/chance

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The virtues are included as a part of eudaimonia, and vices excluded, because...

virtue implies irrationality, and eudaimonia is tied to rational functioning

virtue implies rationality, and eudaimonia is tied to rational functioning

vice implies rationality, and eudaimonia is tied to irrational functioning.

vice implies irrationality, and eudaimonia is tied to rational functioning

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Rationality includes...

the effective pursuit, on the basis of reasoning, of what isactually worthwhile.

The ability to reason forwards from these long-term life goals, to seek the best means (free of obstacles) towards their achievement.

The ability to effectively rank competing worthwhile goalswhen they conflict.

The ability to reason backwards from these long-term life goals, to seek the best means (free of obstacles) towards their achievement.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which kind of pleasure is accepted as eudaimonia by Epicurus?

Static pleasures: satisfied desires, freedom from anxiety, and tranquility.

Kinetic pleasures: satisfying ever-growing desires and removing pain.

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Aristotle’s reasons for rejecting Plato's proto-communism. (both abolition of private property and family unit)

Privately held things are taken care of better

It is unrealistic to expect the biological parents of children will be forever a secret.

Private property is necessary for generosity.

Plato's ideal government would force capitalists to be communists.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two different ways property can be held privately or in common that we discussed in class?

means of production

services

end products

end states

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