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WorksheetsS1 Ethics Revision
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does 'Eudaimonia' mean?
A good person
True happiness
A bacon sandwich
Being brave
What's the best explanation of Aristotle's idea of 'Virtues'?
Virtues are good things that some people are born with.
Virtues are the morals that we learn from our parents.
A virtue is a characteristic that is based on our actions.
The 'Golden Mean' is when...
when everything in your house is gold.
when you can understand all of Aristotle's philosophy.
there is a good balance of a virtue between too much or too little.
you do the right thing in a dilemma.
If you are a virtuous person, Aristotle says you will always....
make the right moral decision.
have a lot of friends.
be very successful.
be able to publish a Philosophy book.
Utilitarianism says that the right thing to do is the thing that brings...
money
the greatest good for you
fairness
the greatest good for the greatest number
What does utilitarianism focus on?
Having fun
Being useful
The consequences of actions
The motivations for actions
A utilitarian would steal food from a supermarket to feed a starving homeless family.
Why?
Because stealing isn't that bad.
Because that's the action that creates the most happiness.
Because it's our duty to help homeless people.
Because Jeremy Bentham loved shoplifting.
Kant says that the right thing to do is....
the action which won't get you in trouble.
the action which will have the best consequences.
the action which the most people agree is the right one.
the action which is your duty to do.
How does Kant test if a rule is good?
He tries to imagine it as a universal rule.
He checks what would be illegal.
He thinks about the consequences.
He imagines what would make everyone happy.
A Kantian would NOT steal food from a supermarket to feed a starving homeless family.
Why not?
It is the only option which will completely protect you from getting into trouble.
The starving homeless family should be stealing food for themselves.
Just because you steal food this once, doesn't protect the starving family in the long term.
It is your duty to follow universal moral rules, in this case 'do not steal', regardless of consequences.
