Module 4_Lesson 4_Quiz 13_90%2
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Doing what one should do, and for the right reasons is
enough to indicate excellence of character.
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False
Question 2
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One will rarely (if ever) possess
phronesis
at a young age.
Question 2 options:
True
False
Question 3
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Virtue ethics is a term in moral philosophy that refers to a
normative ethical theory that focuses on virtues, or one’s
character.
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True
False
Question 4
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One version of Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean claims that
virtue is a mean in that it is effective at hitting the mean in
actions and feelings – meaning, for example, that one has the
right feelings on the right occasions about the right things for
the right reasons.
Question 4 options:
True
False
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A good test to determine whether something counts as a
character trait, according to Hursthouse, is to ask yourself
whether knowing that one possesses the feature “X” gives you
knowledge about how one might act in certain circumstances
and how they might feel or think about those circumstances.
Question 5 options:
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False
Question 6
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Aristotle’s notion of virtues as excellences of character is different than our usage of virtue terms
because if one is “too compassionate” (as we might say today), then he does not possess the
virtue of compassion according to Aristotle.
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False
Question 7
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According to Aristotle, virtues are defined only as a tendency to act in certain ways.
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Question 8
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In order to have
phronesis,
one must have enough life experience to understand what one needs
to do in order to be virtuous in a range of circumstances.
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False
Question 9
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One who is virtuous, according to Aristotle, is one who demonstrates strength of will by
overcoming their bad impulses and doing the right thing.
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False
Question 10
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Excellence of character, for Aristotle, is the tendency to act in certain ways for certain reasons,
not just on emotional impulse.
Question 10 options:
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