2.1.3 Aristotelian Virtue Ethics:

• What are virtues in Aristotelian ethics?

  Character traits
• Match the ethical theory with its focus:

  Utilitarianism ↔️ Consequences

  Deontology ↔️ Duties and rules

  Virtue Ethics ↔️ Good character
• The key concept in Utilitarianism is maximizing utility
• How is *Eudaimonia* achieved according to Aristotelian ethics?

  Cultivating virtues
• What is the role of habituation in Aristotelian ethics?

  Acquiring virtues
• According to Aristotle, virtues are acquired through habituation
• The Doctrine of the Mean states that virtues represent a balance between two extremes
• What does Aristotelian virtue ethics focus on primarily?

  Development of good character
• What is the ultimate outcome of cultivating virtues in Aristotelian virtue ethics?

  Eudaimonia
• What is the moral motivation in Aristotelian virtue ethics?

  Habituation of virtues
• Aristotle believed that virtues are innate rather than learned.

  False
• Match the virtue with its deficiency and excess:

  Courage ↔️ Cowardice ||| Recklessness

  Temperance ↔️ Overindulgence ||| Insensibility

  Justice ↔️ Unfairness ||| Favoritism
• What is a strength of Aristotelian virtue ethics?

  Framework for eudaimonia
• Moral relativism can arise if virtues are too context-dependent
• Virtue ethics focuses on character
• Phronesis, or practical wisdom, is essential for applying ethical principles in specific situations.


  True
• Eudaimonia provides a framework for human flourishing in virtue ethics.


  True
• Match the weakness of virtue ethics with its description:

  Moral Relativism ↔️ Virtues may vary across situations

  Defining and Measuring Virtues ↔️ Ambiguity in objective standards

  Conflict Between Virtues ↔️ Lack of clear resolution methods
• Aristotelian Virtue Ethics focuses on individual character rather than specific actions.


  True
• Eudaimonia promotes an ethical life beyond mere action conformity.


  True
• Match the virtue with its corresponding vices:

  Courage ↔️ Cowardice and Recklessness

  Temperance ↔️ Insensibility and Overindulgence
• Phronesis guides moral decision-making by applying ethical principles
• In Aristotelian ethics, practical wisdom is referred to as Phronesis
• Phronesis considers all relevant factors in decision-making.


  True
• Context-dependent virtues may lead to moral relativism
• In Virtue Ethics, moral motivation comes from the habituation of virtues
• Aristotelian Virtue Ethics is a normative ethical theory that focuses on the development of good character
• The goal of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics is to achieve eudaimonia
• The key concept in Virtue Ethics is the Categorical Imperative.

  False
• Match the ethical theory with its key concept:

  Utilitarianism ↔️ Maximizing utility

  Deontology ↔️ Categorical Imperative

  Virtue Ethics ↔️ Eudaimonia
• Virtues are character traits like courage, temperance, justice that enable us to live well
• Eudaimonia is the ultimate goal of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics.


  True
• Eudaimonia is the key concept in utilitarianism.

  False
• Match the virtue with its corresponding extremes in the Doctrine of the Mean:

  1️⃣ Courage

  2️⃣ Cowardice ||| Recklessness

  3️⃣ Temperance

  4️⃣ Overindulgence ||| Insensibility

  5️⃣ Justice

  6️⃣ Unfairness ||| Favoritism
• Virtues are cultivated through the repeated practice of virtuous actions
• What is the central concept in Aristotelian virtue ethics?

  Eudaimonia
• Eudaimonia is achieved through the cultivation of virtues.


  True
• In virtue ethics, the ultimate end is to achieve eudaimonia
• What is the ultimate goal of Aristotelian virtue ethics?

  Achieve eudaimonia
• What does the Doctrine of the Mean state in Aristotelian virtue ethics?

  Virtues are a mean