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6. Who is a modern supporter of Virtue Ethics?

  • Alasdair MacIntyre
  • J.L Mackie
  • G.E. Moore
  • Aristotle

7. Which is a correct illustration of his function argument?

  • Mental states equal functional states
  • A good knife is one that performs its characteristic activity well (cuts), possessing certain virtues (sharpness) enable it to do this.
  • Do you even function?
  • It is our duty to fulfill our function and be good

8. What, for Aristotle, does a good life consist of?

  • Wealth
  • Building a virtuous character
  • Honour
  • Pleasure

9. What is the definition of Eudaimonia?

  • A subjective state of "living well and faring well"
  • Human Flowering
  • Human Flourishing
  • Happiness

10. What is Aristotle's practical wisdom?

  • Achieving the right end, whatever the means
  • The quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise.
  • An intellectual virtue, expressed through deliberation and which aims at making good choices.
  • A theoretical virtue which aims at truth.

11. What is the doctrine of the mean

  • Always be unkind and spiteful
  • The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number
  • Avoiding excess and deficiency in favor of temperance
  • Always being mediocre and boring

12. Eudaimonia is...

  • It is our ‘final end’, and desirable for it's own sake
  • A state of mind
  • Innate and predetermined from birth
  • It is desirable for the sake of other things, eg. weath