Deck 8: Virtue Ethics

Question 1

Which of the following pairs are the two main virtues emphasized in Confucian ethics?

A)Courage and loyalty
B)Compassion and propriety
C)Wisdom and wit
D)Prudence and temperance

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Pride is the virtue between and .

A)Humility and vanity.
B)Humility and arrogance.
C)Vanity and meekness.
D)Meekness and arrogance.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The opposite of virtue is weakness.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT mentioned in your text as an example of the kinds of questions virtue ethics focuses on?

A)How to treat ones co-workers.
B)How honest one should be.
C)How to pick a side in the debate of a major social issue.
D)What is fair in a particular situation.

Question 5

For Aristotle, eudaimonia  is a kind of happiness.

Question 6

Confucius' ethics is presented in a text known as

A)the Nicomachean Ethics
B)Summa Theologica
C)the "noble eightfold path"
D)the  Analects

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT among the five basic moral virtues emphasized in Hinduism?

A)nonviolence
B)chastity
C)justice
D)freedom from greed

Question 8

In Aristotle's theory, each virtue corresponds to exactly one opposing vice.

Question 9

Eudaimonia is identical to pleasure.

Question 10

The virtue of courage should enable one to face danger.

Question 11

According to Aristotle, virtues allow a person to fulfill essential human purposes.

Question 12

Which virtue does Philippa Foot identify as benefiting community rather than self?

A)Temperance
B)Charity
C)Wisdom
D)Courage

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT among Aquinas' three "theological virtues?"

A)faith
B)chastity
C)hope
D)love

Question 14

According to Philippa Foot a virtue is a perfection of

A)Mind.
B)Action.
C)Reasoning.
D)Will.

Question 15

Virtues are positive traits of character.

Question 16

Which of the following is among the intellectual virtues included in Buddhism's "noble eightfold path?"

A)mindfulness
B)practical wisdom
C)right speech
D)faith

Question 17

According to Aristotle the good is

A)The end to which all things aim.
B)The best option available.
C)That which gives the best consequence.
D)That which makes one happy.

Question 18

According to the text, in the USA to say we value courage, patriotism, and loyalty would suggest we are

A)A society willing to stand for what we believe.
B)A warlike society.
C)A just society.
D)A prosperous society.

Question 19

Virtue ethics emphasizes how we should determine what is the right thing to do.

Question 20

Virtue Ethics helps us determine

A)Whether an action is moral.
B)Whether a form of ethical reasoning is virtuous.
C)How to calculate between consequential and nonconsequential reasoning.
D)How we ought to be.

Question 21

In virtue ethics, the primary goal is to be a good person.

Question 22

According to MacIntyre, virtues depend on the practices of a culture.

Question 23

Your text cites several cross-cultural examples of virtue ethics. Compare and contrast at least two different cultural examples of virtue ethics, indicating specific virtues that each emphasizes. Describe the common thread that links these different traditions together as traditions of virtue ethics .

Question 24

Explain the relationship, in Aristotle's ethics, between human virtues and human nature.

Question 25

Using an example of a specific virtue, explain Aristotle's notion of the Golden Mean. What is Kant's criticism of this notion?