Deck 4: Virtue Ethics

Question 1

Which of the following is a matter of "ritual propriety"?

A)de
B)li
C)ren
D)shu

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following are Confucian Cardinal Relationships?

A)ruler and subject
B)father and son
C)elder brother and younger brother
D)none of these

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Aristotle's ethics relied exclusively on the emotions in moral life.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Aristotle is concerned with action, not as a matter of the action itself being right or wrong, but as it leads to the human good.

Question 5

Confucian Harmony and Aristotelian Balance are comparable concepts.

Question 6

For Aristotle, the two endpoints excess and deficiency)related to the mean are

A)vices.
B)virtues.
C)meaningless.
D)rituals.

Question 7

Who is the Confucian disciple who viewed human beings as innately good?

A)Xunzi
B)Aristotle
C)Mencius
D)Master Xun

Question 8

Virtue ethics dates to ancient Greece and ancient China.

Question 9

The Golden Mean or the Aristotelian Mean)is the locus of virtue.

Question 10

Li is a matter of "ritual propriety."

Question 11

Benjamin Franklin believed that the virtues were in character.

A)deontological
B)utilitarian or teleological
C)egoistic
D)emotional

Question 12

Which is the chief Confucian virtue that highlights the natural relationship between the individual and the community?

A)de
B)li
C)ren
D)shu

Question 13

Virtue ethics is a relatively recent development in ethical theory.

Question 14

The feeling or action related to the virtue "modesty" is

A)shame.
B)confidence.
C)truth-telling.
D)courage.

Question 15

Virtue ethics was most famously formulated in ancient Greece by

A)Parmenides.
B)Zeno.
C)The oracle.
D)Aristotle.

Question 16

Virtue ethics is the belief that good character can be developed.

Question 17

The excess and deficiency relative to the virtue courage are

A)rashness and cowardice.
B)bashfulness and shamelessness.
C)boastfulness and self-depreciation.
D)buffoonery and boorishness.

Question 18

The deficiency of courage is rashness.

Question 19

Who is the most significant modern proponent of virtue ethics?

A)Kant
B)Sosa
C)Macintyre
D)Nozick

Question 20

Confucian "self-cultivation" can be straightforwardly substituted for Aristotelian views.