PHI 130 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Why does Aristotle link the happy life with reason?
A. This is the most pleasant ability
B. This is the best means to power
C. This is what sets man apart from other animals
D. This is the best means to wealth - Answer- C. This is what sets man apart from other
animals
What is the role of pleasure in the happy life?
A. It is identical with happiness
B. It is contrary to happiness
C. It is necessary to happiness, but cannot bring it in itself
D. None of the above - Answer- C. It is necessary to happiness, but cannot bring it in
itself
Habitus means:
A. To have
B. To do
C. To be
D. To think - Answer- A. To have
The aim of ethics/morality, according to virtue theory, is what?
A. Doing the good
B. Thinking the good
C. Knowing the good
D. Becoming good - Answer- D. Becoming good
Aquinas adds which of the following to virtue ethics?
A. Natural Law
B. The Doctrine of Double Effect
C. The need for an Afterlife
D. The need for divine assistance
E. All of the above - Answer- E. All of the above
Aristotle's golden mean refers to what?
A. The best way of getting to any given place
B. The proper proportion of pleasure in the happy life
, C. The role of wealth in the happy life
D. Balance self-correction between extremes to attain virtue - Answer- D. Balance self-
correction between extremes to attain virtue
How do we figure out what virtue looks like, for Aristotle?
A. Apply Natural Law to determine the rules of ethics
B. Apply the Doctrine of Double Effect to moral questions
C. Find a virtuous person
D. Consult the gods via oracles - Answer- C. Find a virtuous person
Aristotle's golden mean refers to what?
A. The best way of getting to any given place
B. The proper proportion of pleasure in the happy life
C. The role of wealth in the happy life
D. Balance self-correction between extremes to attain virtue - Answer- D. Balance self-
correction between extremes to attain virtue
How do we figure out what virtue looks like, for Aristotle?
A. Apply Natural Law to determine the rules of ethics
B. Apply the Doctrine of Double Effect to moral questions
C. Find a virtuous person
D. Consult the gods via oracles - Answer- C. Find a virtuous person
What does Aquinas add to Aristotle's virtue theory?
A. Natural Law
B. The Doctrine of Double Effect
C. The need for divine assistance in attaining virtue
D. The need for an afterlife to attain the happy life
E. All of the above - Answer- E. All of the above
Virtue theory represents a divide between which to general approaches to ethics?
A. Ethics based on rules (doing) vs. ethics based on being
B. Natural law vs. divine command theory
C. Religious vs. non-religious
D. All of the above - Answer- A. Ethics based on rules (doing) vs. ethics based on being
Which position(s) holds that not even God can make the good otherwise, anymore than
he can make a circle that is not a circle?
A. Realism / Natural Law
B. Utilitarianism
C. Divine Command Theory
D. Modified Divine Command Theory - Answer- A. Realism / Natural Law
Ethics is a branch of which academic discipline?
A. Psychology
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Why does Aristotle link the happy life with reason?
A. This is the most pleasant ability
B. This is the best means to power
C. This is what sets man apart from other animals
D. This is the best means to wealth - Answer- C. This is what sets man apart from other
animals
What is the role of pleasure in the happy life?
A. It is identical with happiness
B. It is contrary to happiness
C. It is necessary to happiness, but cannot bring it in itself
D. None of the above - Answer- C. It is necessary to happiness, but cannot bring it in
itself
Habitus means:
A. To have
B. To do
C. To be
D. To think - Answer- A. To have
The aim of ethics/morality, according to virtue theory, is what?
A. Doing the good
B. Thinking the good
C. Knowing the good
D. Becoming good - Answer- D. Becoming good
Aquinas adds which of the following to virtue ethics?
A. Natural Law
B. The Doctrine of Double Effect
C. The need for an Afterlife
D. The need for divine assistance
E. All of the above - Answer- E. All of the above
Aristotle's golden mean refers to what?
A. The best way of getting to any given place
B. The proper proportion of pleasure in the happy life
, C. The role of wealth in the happy life
D. Balance self-correction between extremes to attain virtue - Answer- D. Balance self-
correction between extremes to attain virtue
How do we figure out what virtue looks like, for Aristotle?
A. Apply Natural Law to determine the rules of ethics
B. Apply the Doctrine of Double Effect to moral questions
C. Find a virtuous person
D. Consult the gods via oracles - Answer- C. Find a virtuous person
Aristotle's golden mean refers to what?
A. The best way of getting to any given place
B. The proper proportion of pleasure in the happy life
C. The role of wealth in the happy life
D. Balance self-correction between extremes to attain virtue - Answer- D. Balance self-
correction between extremes to attain virtue
How do we figure out what virtue looks like, for Aristotle?
A. Apply Natural Law to determine the rules of ethics
B. Apply the Doctrine of Double Effect to moral questions
C. Find a virtuous person
D. Consult the gods via oracles - Answer- C. Find a virtuous person
What does Aquinas add to Aristotle's virtue theory?
A. Natural Law
B. The Doctrine of Double Effect
C. The need for divine assistance in attaining virtue
D. The need for an afterlife to attain the happy life
E. All of the above - Answer- E. All of the above
Virtue theory represents a divide between which to general approaches to ethics?
A. Ethics based on rules (doing) vs. ethics based on being
B. Natural law vs. divine command theory
C. Religious vs. non-religious
D. All of the above - Answer- A. Ethics based on rules (doing) vs. ethics based on being
Which position(s) holds that not even God can make the good otherwise, anymore than
he can make a circle that is not a circle?
A. Realism / Natural Law
B. Utilitarianism
C. Divine Command Theory
D. Modified Divine Command Theory - Answer- A. Realism / Natural Law
Ethics is a branch of which academic discipline?
A. Psychology
