Multiple Choice Quiz

According to Aristotle, a final end is something:

not achievable by action.

desirable in itself.

desired for the sake of something else..

achievable only at the conclusion of a person's life.

Aristotle states that if we ask what the highest good of human action is:

there is no agreement about the answer.

most people agree that it is pleasure.

nearly everyone agrees that it is happiness.

there is no objective answer to this question.

According to Aristotle, happiness is:

a state of mind.

a feeling or sensation.

a craft.

activity of the soul in accordance with virtue.

In Aristotle's view, the virtues are:

acquired through habit.

acquired through philosophical reflection.

a gift from the gods.

innate.

Aristotle divides the virtues into:

natural virtues and artificial virtues.

moral virtues and intellectual virtues.

positive virtues and negative virtues.

human virtues and divine virtues.

Aristotle claims that justice is

giving equal persons equal shares.

the will of the stronger.

giving to each according to need.

giving to each according to ability.

In Aristotle's terminology, incontinence is when:

one does not know that one's actions are wrong.

one knows that one's actions are wrong, but does them anyway.

one knows that one's feelings are inappropriate, and does not act on them.

one does the right action, but for the wrong reason.

The final good is:

that for the sake of which we seek everything else.

that which is preferred to everything else.

that which requires nothing else.

all of the above.

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