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According to Aristotle, virtue is a kind of

A) passion.
B) faculty.
C) state of character.
D) All of the above

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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According to virtue ethics, how do we determine who to look to as moral role models? How do you determine who to look to as role models in your own life? Does your approach differ from the virtue ethicist's approach, or is it the same? If they differ, which approach do you think is better? Explain and defend your answers.

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According to Aristotle, taking pleasure in virtuous actions

Case Study Ever since she was a child, Tai has loved theater and film. She longs to become an actor. She doesn't know any great actors personally, but she studiously learns about the field and develops sophisticated taste in the quality of acting performances. By the time she is an adult, Tai has a short list of actors she truly admires as artists and she looks to them as role models. When planning how to live her life and pursue her career goals, she does her best to model the trajectories and traits of these role models. Tai decides to go to college to study the dramatic arts. There, she takes a course in ancient Greek philosophy and finds virtue ethics very appealing. She decides to apply the theory to her own way of life. Before she can determine how to live, she has to determine whether she is aiming at the right target. She asks herself: "Are the people I've identified as my role models truly moral exemplars?" -How can Tai determine whether the actors she admires are moral exemplars? Does virtue theory have any special tools to help her make this determination?

According to Aristotle, we grasp virtues via

What are virtues, and how (according to virtue ethics) do we acquire them? Do you find this story plausible? Do you think it makes sense of who the moral exemplars are and why they are role models? Defend your answers.

Talk about: -Virtue

Aristotle thinks that virtues and vices cannot be kinds of passions because

According to Aristotle, what is characteristic of vice?

By "faculties," Aristotle means

How do cases of moral conflict pose a problem for virtue ethics? How is this problem similar to the problem that arises for the ethic of prima facie duties, and how might the virtue ethicist respond to the problem? Do you think this response succeeds? Why or why not?

Talk about: -Contradiction

Which of the following describes Aristotle's view of human beings?

Aristotle calls virtue a "mean" because

Talk about: -Moral exemplar

Write an essay explaining the priority problem for virtue ethics, illustrating the problem with at least one example. Does this objection succeed in refuting virtue ethics? Why or why not?

What does Aristotle mean when he says that "virtue is a kind of mean?" Do you find this claim plausible? Does it help us to understand how to live our lives? Explain and defend your response.

Talk about: -Continence

According to Aristotle, people are naturally

How does Aristotle think that people become virtuous? What does he think is the difference between performing virtuous actions and being a virtuous person? Which does he claim is more important? Do you agree? Why or why not?