Chapter 10 Self Quiz

. According to virtue ethics, the fundamental moral question is

What kinds of things are intrinsically good?

What kind of person should I be?

What is the right thing to do?

What would benefit me most?

. According to virtue ethics, actions are right just because

there are good reasons to perform them.

they would be performed by a virtuous person.

they benefit everyone and harm no one.

all of the above

. Virtue ethics is a form of

consequentialism.

ethical absolutism.

ethical pluralism.

none of the above

. According to virtue ethics, the simple formula for right action is

Act so as to maximize well-being.

Treat others as you want them to treat you.

Do what you think is best.

none of the above (There is no simple formula.)

. According to virtue ethics, moral understanding is a species of

theoretical knowledge.

practical wisdom.

unreflective opinion.

none of the above (Moral understanding is impossible.)

. According to virtue ethics, emotions

tend to make us violate our duties.

are irrelevant to morality.

would be entirely absent from a virtuous person.

play a crucial role in moral understanding.

. What notion should be at the heart of ethical theory, according to virtue ethics?

duty

intrinsic value

moral character

pleasure

. What is the relationship between duty and virtue, according to virtue ethics?

Duty is defined as what a virtuous person would do.

Virtue is defined as a character trait that leads us to do our duty.

The two concepts are independent of one another.

If one does one’s duty, virtue is unnecessary.

. A moral exemplar is a

non-absolute moral rule.

person who serves as a moral role model.

situation that illustrates the consequences of a moral principle.

person to whom the moral rules do not apply.

. Which of the following is a statement of the priority problem?

Virtue ethics wrongly defines duty in terms of virtue instead of vice versa.

A person can be virtuous without having all her priorities straight.

The consequences of an action sometimes have priority over one’s intentions.

Virtue ethics lacks a way of ranking moral principles in terms of importance.

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