FiltersDone

Question type

Essay

Multiple Choice

Short Answer

True False

Matching

Exam 4: Virtue Ethics

Show Answer

Share

---

All types

Filters

Study FlashcardsPractice ExamLearn

Question 1

Multiple Choice

Review LaterAdd Note

Review Later

Who is the Confucian disciple who viewed human beings as innately good?

A) Xunzi
B) Aristotle
C) Mencius
D) Master Xun

Correct Answer

verified

Show Answer

Question 2

Multiple Choice

Review LaterAdd Note

Review Later

Benjamin Franklin believed that the virtues were________ in character.

A) deontological
B) utilitarian or teleological
C) egoistic
D) emotional

Correct Answer

verified

Show Answer

Question 3

True/False

Review LaterAdd Note

Aristotle is concerned with action, not as a matter of the action itself being right or wrong, but as it leads to the human good.

Which of the following are Confucian Cardinal Relationships?

Aristotle's ethics relied exclusively on the emotions in moral life.

For Aristotle, the two endpoints excess and deficiency) related to the mean are

The excess and deficiency relative to the virtue courage are

Who is the most significant modern proponent of virtue ethics?

Virtue ethics is the belief that good character can be developed.

Virtue ethics was most famously formulated in ancient Greece by

Confucian Harmony and Aristotelian Balance are comparable concepts.

Virtue ethics dates to ancient Greece and ancient China.

Which is the chief Confucian virtue that highlights the natural relationship between the individual and the community?

Confucian "self-cultivation" can be straightforwardly substituted for Aristotelian views.

Li is a matter of "ritual propriety."

Which of the following is a matter of "ritual propriety"?

The Golden Mean or the Aristotelian Mean)is the locus of virtue.

The deficiency of courage is rashness.

Virtue ethics is a relatively recent development in ethical theory.

The feeling or action related to the virtue "modesty" is