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Directions: “At a time when people were reportedly clamoring for more assistance, residents
in Navotas City returned amelioration cards worth P4.6 million while others gave back the
P8,000 that they had received. Mayor Tobias “Toby” Tiangco said, “We are grateful to our
fellow Navoteños who have been honest and those who chose to waive their subsidy to help
others in need.” 7

Answer the following questions for five points each. (answer it briefly)

1. The act of returning the money is a virtue. In Aristotle’s understanding, what makes it a
virtue?
2. According to Aristotle, an act is good when it contributes to human flourishing. In what
way would the returning of the money contribute to human flourishing?
3. In virtue ethics, it is not a question of what is good and what is bad. It is rather a question
of what kind of a human person we want to be. In your own understanding, what kind of
persons are those who returned the money?