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Aristotle

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who first discussed Virtue ethics?

a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Aquinas
d)

Socrates

2.

What is a virtue?

a)
A good and admirable quality
b)
Being physically strong
c)
A good sense of intelligence
d)
A good ability to concentrate
3.

What is the basic view of eudaimonia?

a)

anger

b)

flourishing

c)

love

d)

courage

4.
Virtue ethics is seen to be..
a)
externally linked
b)
law based
c)
Person centred
d)
God based
5.

Virtues are developed through...

a)

practice and role models

b)
following rules
6.

The 2 types of vices are .....

a)

deficiency and excess

b)

defective and extreme

c)

deviant and excess

d)

deficiency and extreme

7.

The place between the vices is......

a)

the greatest mean

b)

the middle

c)

the average

d)

the golden mean

8.

Virtue ethics argues that you become a good person by...

a)

being the nice person all the time

b)

following the rules

c)

improving your virtuous character traits through practice

d)

following the laws of God

9.

How should people learn to be virtuous?

a)
from the philosophers who created the theory
b)
virtuous textbooks that teach all the behaviour
c)
virtuous role models and practice to create habits
d)
from within themselves
10.

Virtue Ethics focus on the _____________ of the individual

a)

Action

b)

Experience

c)

Mind

d)

Character

11.

Which of these is a deficient vice of bravery?

a)

Rash

b)

Unfriendly

c)

Cowardly

d)

Modesty

12.

Which of these is an excessive vice of friendly?

a)

Flattering

b)

Patronizing

c)

Envious

d)

Boastful

13.

According to Aristotle, the end goal for human is ____________

a)

Wealth

b)

Power

c)

Flourishing

d)

Success

14.

Aristotle believed that we all should aspire to be virtuous.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Aristotle understood virtue as a set of

a)

Rules

b)

Character traits

c)

Actions

d)

Challenges

16.

Virtue is the ________ between two extremes.

a)

Answer

b)

Difference

c)

Sum

d)

balance

17.

Virtue is learned by chance.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Aristotle believed that for humans to flourish we need to practice...

a)

higher order pleasures

b)

virtue

c)

eudaimonia

d)

moraity

19.

Which category does this character trait go in according to Aristotle:

courage

a)

Vice of deficiency

b)

Vice of excess

c)

Virtue

20.

Which category does this character trait go in according to Aristotle:

cowardice

a)

Vice of deficiency

b)

Vice of excess

c)

Virtue

21.

Which category does this character trait go in according to Aristotle:

recklessness

a)

Vice of deficiency

b)

Vice of excess

c)

Virtue

22.

Which category does this character trait go in according to Aristotle:

good humour

a)

Vice of deficiency

b)

Vice of excess

c)

Virtue

23.

Which category does this character trait go in according to Aristotle:

miserly

a)

Vice of deficiency

b)

Vice of excess

c)

Virtue

24.

Virtue ethics is seen to be..

a)

vice centred

b)

consequence centred

c)

person centred

25.

Eudaimonia means .......

a)

Human suffering

b)

Human mistakes

c)

Human flourishing

d)

Human conscience