Final Exam (Ancient)

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

• Virtue

• Friendship

• Harmony

• External Goods

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Aristotle is sympathetic to some issues that occur due to private property, but he emphasizes that _____ will fix these issues.

• abundance of property

• virtue

• lower demand

Aristotle accepts the following definition of a citizen

• anyone who is naturally born

• anyone who is rich

• anyone with the right to participate politically

• everyone living in the polis.

The constitution is a ________ of the polis, whereas the citizens/resources are the ___________ of the polis.

• matter/form

• hylomorphic compound/efficient cause

• efficient cause/essence

• form/matter