The Cardinal Virtues (Moral Virtues)

Who was the first to call prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance the 'cardinal' virtues?

• Plato

• St. Thomas Aquinas

• St. Ambrose

• Aristotle

What does St. Thomas Aquinas group under the category of moral virtues?

• Wisdom, understanding, knowledge

• Prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance

• Faith, hope, charity

• Magnanimity, liberality, sobriety, friendliness

According to Aquinas, what virtue is considered the 'queen of the moral virtues'?

• Prudence

• Temperance

• Fortitude

• Justice

What are the intellectual virtues according to St. Thomas Aquinas?

• Wisdom, understanding, knowledge

• Faith, hope, charity

• Magnanimity, liberality

• Prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance

How does prudence support all action, according to Aquinas?

• By promoting acts of charity

• By conforming actions to reality

• By encouraging intellectual contemplation

• By ensuring actions are based on faith

What virtue perfects the will, as described by Aquinas?

• Prudence

• Justice

• Fortitude

• Temperance

Which virtue moderates the passion of fear?

• Justice

• Temperance

• Prudence

• Fortitude

What does temperance moderate?

• The desire for knowledge

• The desire for pleasure

• Acts of justice

• The passion of fear

Which virtues bring our emotions under the rule of reason?

• Fortitude and temperance

• Wisdom and understanding

• Faith and hope

• Prudence and justice

What is the role of fortitude and temperance in relation to prudence and justice?

• They have no direct relation

• They support the work of prudence and justice

• They oppose the work of prudence and justice

• They replace prudence and justice in certain situations