PHILO1A / ASSIGNMENT

Let’s Check
Activity 2.7
1. Virtue ethics is moral theory that teaches moderation in everything we do.
2. Aristotle defines man as a rational capacity_.
3. According to Aristotle, every action and choice seem to aim at some _good_.
4. _Proper function_ is the ultimate purpose of human existence in the teaching of
Aristotle.
5. Nicomachean Ethics_ is a book credited to Aristotle dedicated to his teaching on
morality.
6. _Happiness_ is described by Aristotle as the highest good.
7. In Aristotelian teaching, happiness requires _virtue_.
8. In Aristotle’s teaching _Eudaimonia_ is the end which is ‘not’ used to attain another
end.
9. What sets human apart from all living things including brute animals is _mean_.
10. Deficiency and excesses are both classified by Aristotle as _vice_.

Let’s Check
Activity 2.8
1. __F__ Virtue is the same as happiness.
2. __T__ Virtue is a character.
3. __T__ Aristotle is a Medieval Philosopher.
4. __T__ Happiness requires virtue.
5. __T__ A happy person is a good person.
6. __T__ No bad person can be happy in Aristotle’s tenet.
7. __F__ ‘Eudaimonia’ is a Latin word for happiness.
8. __T__ Happiness is an activity of the soul.
9. __T__ A man’s feeling after winning P15 Million in a lottery is a good example of
happiness.
10. __F__ Aristotle was a teacher of Plato.