Deck 13: Challenges for Virtue Ethics

Question 1

What potential implication can we take from the social psychology experiments discussed in the chapter?

A) There are links between social class and virtuous action.
B) Aristotle's approach does not work for contemporary culture.
C) People do not act as virtuously as we might expect.
D) Anecdotal evidence suggests that Aristotle was correct.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following does the author point to in the discussion of Aristotle's opinion of women?

A) Aristotle's experiences in Alexander's court
B) the rocky relationship that Aristotle had with his wife,Pythias
C) an underlying elitism
D) Aristotle's status as a non-Athenian

Answer 2

C

Question 3

For Aristotle the life of flourishing partially depends upon having financial success.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What role does emotion serve in the ethics of care?

Question 5

Briefly describe how Frye's metaphor of a birdcage can be used to discuss oppression surrounding sexuality.

Question 6

Care ethics and an awareness of gender essentialism encourage an examination of morality from a different perspective.Briefly discuss what sort of ethical theory can originate from these discussions.

Question 7

Some critics of care ethics have claimed that by emphasizing care's close ties to femininity that there is a danger of establishing a gendered hierarchy in ethics.Explain this more fully and provide your thoughts about this objection.

Question 8

How does Aristotle respond to criticisms that his theory is not sufficiently action guiding?

A) We will make mistakes in choosing actions,regardless of theories of morality.
B) Those who are sufficiently virtuous will know which actions to choose.
C) Moral evaluation of action is based upon social norms.
D) Study with mentors will resolve this problem.

Question 9

Briefly describe what makes ethics of care approaches distinct from other moral theories in the Western tradition.

Question 10

Which of the following expresses one of Aristotle's views about freedom?

A) Some people lack the appropriate deliberative skills required for freedom.
B) Everyone is capable of eventually attaining the level of rationality and civilization required to be free.
C) Non-Athenians need to be ruled benevolently for their own good,just as parents take care of their children.
D) The victors in war have the right to enslave those they capture.

Question 11

What moral demands does Hursthouse believe we can place on those considering an abortion?

A) to consider the relevant issues and treat the decision seriously
B) to preserve potential life whenever existent life is not in danger
C) to assert autonomy whenever possible
D) to educate others on local availability

Question 12

Hursthouse claims which of the following about abortion?

A) A moral theory ought to provide practical guidance on how to evaluate difficult moral situations like abortion.
B) Debates about abortion should focus on whether the fetus has the status of a person.
C) Since laws inhibiting a woman's right to choose what happens to her body are wrong,it is morally acceptable to have an abortion.
D) It is inappropriate to expect profound metaphysical debates to be resolved prior to doing ethics.

Question 13

Darley and Batson's experiment on moral practice found which of the following?

A) Those who had just experienced good luck were more likely to act morally correct.
B) People in a hurry were less likely to act morally correct.
C) Women were more apt to act morally correct than men.
D) Men were more apt to act morally correct than women.