Actual Answers.
According to Aristotle, ethics is fundamentally about
A. treating others as you'd like to be treated.
B. avoiding excess and deficiency in everything.
C. bringing about as much pleasure as possible.
D. following rules that make social cooperation possible. - Answer B. avoiding excess and deficiency in
everything.
According to Aristotle, taking pleasure in virtuous actions
A. deprives an action of its moral worth.
B. is a sign that one is truly virtuous.
C. is a sign that one is not truly virtuous.
D. is unimportant; what matters is whether one does the right thing. - Answer B. is a sign that one is
truly virtuous.
According to Aristotle, virtue is a kind of
A. passion.
B. faculty.
C. state of character.
D. all of the above - Answer C. state of character.
According to Aristotle, we grasp virtues via
A. careful philosophical reasoning.
B. perception.
C. experimentation.
D. all of the above - Answer B. perception.