Quick Quiz

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Quick Quiz

• Virtue Ethics

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Virtue Ethics

• Aristotle uses the distinction between intrinsic
  and instrumental goods to find
• a way to combat militarism is ancient Greece.
• the best or highest good for humans.
• who is a friend and who is an enemy.
• inner peace while maintaining the military.
• honor without economic failure.

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Virtue Ethics

• We seek happiness, according to Aristotle, only
• as a means to goodness.
• as a means to a virtue-filled life.
• as an end, meaning, as a way to escape
  reincarnation.
• for the afterlife, never as an end in this life.
• for its own sake, and never as a means to
  something else.

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Virtue Ethics

• Aristotle reasons that the good of an eye is
  seeing, and the eye is good if it sees well. The
  point he is making is that, by analogy,
• we can all see how nature makes things good.
• a good human will see, and see well.
• a good human will reason, and reason well.
• a good human will always use the power of sight
  for a good cause.
• we can test a moral theory only by its unique
  function.

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Virtue Ethics

• Aristotles Ethics are called Nichomachean
  because
• Nichomachea means flourishing
• Nichomachea means virtue-filled life
• Nichomachis is Aristotles home town
• Nichomachum is Greek for good
• Nichomachus compiled Aristotles notes

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Virtue Ethics

• Rational animal is a better definition of humans
  than featherless biped because
• Featherless biped is a mere biological
  definition
• Rationality is better than Featherlessness
• Animality is better than bipedalism
• It tells you more about what is important to know
  about humans
• Its not featherless biped is better (most
  unique)

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Virtue Ethics

• Aristotles view of happiness is weird because he
  thinks it
• depends on friendship
• is an activity, not a condition
• belongs to adults, not children
• is mysterious to happy people
• cannot last

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Virtue Ethics

• For Aristotle, being moral is
• more important than being happy
• only important if you value it
• only important as a means to happiness
• part of happiness, but not the most important
  part
• part of happiness, and the most important part

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Virtue Ethics

• For Aristotle, if you grew up in a crack house,
  you will need
• Proof of what actions are moral
• Proof of what actions are immoral
• No proof because unhappiness teaches morality
• To study something else proof cant make up for
  lack of experience
• To study something else bad people are not fit
  students of ethics

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Virtue Ethics

• Which of these virtues is most important?
• Temperance
• Courage
• Prudence
• Generosity
• Wit

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Virtue Ethics

• Moral virtues are
• Multi-track dispositions
• Established by nature
• Habits learned in childhood
• Never lost once established
• Difficult to retain

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Virtue Ethics

• If you returned that Bee Gees CD to your sister
  on time, but found it very difficult to do so,
  you are
• Continent
• Incontinent
• Vicious
• Virtuous
• Malicious

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Virtue Ethics

• If you tried to return that Bee Gees CD to your
  sister on time, but failed because its just
  soooo good!, you are
• Continent
• Incontinent
• Vicious
• Virtuous
• Malicious

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Virtue Ethics

• Moral virtue is better than intellectual virtue
  because
• It is more god-like
• It depends less on things
• Its pleasure is more constant
• It isnt better it is too stressful and so
  involves hardship
• It isnt better it depends on others and so
  isnt self-sufficient