Multiple Choice Quiz

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Aquinas argues that every agent acts for the sake of:

pleasure. correct incorrect

self-interest. correct incorrect

pleasing God. correct incorrect

an end. correct incorrect

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In Aquinas's view, man's ultimate happiness consists in:

pleasure correct incorrect

acts of the moral virtues. correct incorrect

loving God. correct incorrect

contemplating God. correct incorrect

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Aquinas argues that the end of every action is:

some desire. correct incorrect

some pleasure. correct incorrect

some good. correct incorrect

some emotional state. correct incorrect

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Aquinas holds actions are differentiated by:

their consequences. correct incorrect

their active principle. correct incorrect

what the agent thinks he or she is doing. correct incorrect

all of the above. correct incorrect

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Aquinas claims that the ultimate perfection of operation is:

delight. correct incorrect

peace. correct incorrect

pleasure. correct incorrect

Godliness. correct incorrect

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Aquinas claims that:

pleasure exists for its own sake. correct incorrect

pleasure exists for the sake of operation. correct incorrect

operation exists for the sake of pleasure. correct incorrect

both b and c. correct incorrect

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In Aquinas's view, acts of prudence are solely about matters of:

pleasure. correct incorrect

desire. correct incorrect

moral virtue. correct incorrect

piety. correct incorrect

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Aquinas claims that virtuous deeds are:

the produce of deliberation. correct incorrect

never the product of luck. correct incorrect

voluntary. correct incorrect

involuntary. correct incorrect