Aristotle - "Nicomachean Ethics"

Aristotle believes that we should think about ethics or "the good" in the following way

 roughly and in general terms

Why does Aristotle think that very young people (or those "youthful in character") aren't in the right position to study or think about or care about ethics or politics?

 they have too little life experience

Aristotle says that both regular people and "refined" or "cultivated" people think that our highest good is happiness.

True

Aristotle says that both regular people and "refined" or "cultivated" people think that happiness is best understood as 

 different things

Aristotle says that we choose happiness for the sake of 

 itself

Aristotle says the proper function of a person is to be

rational

Aristotle defines happiness as

 a good life

The happy life requires

 virtue and external goods

How many types of virtue does Aristotle think there are?

Two

Aristotle argues that, in order to decide on moral situations, moral agents need to 

 judge each situation independently

Aristotle thinks that one can never be excessive in one's moral characteristics.

False

Aristotle thinks that pleasure and pain is directly connected with virtue.

True

What is required in order to truly do a virtuous act?

 right reason, right character, right knowledge

Why does Aristotle say that virtue is not a capacity?

 just because we have a capacity for good doesn't mean we always are good

Aristotle defines virtue as

 a state of character which makes a person good

Aristotle also describes virtue as

 a mean between two extremes of excess and deficiency

There is no excess or deficiency of qualities like temperance (self-control) and courage.

True

Because we all have a capacity for virtue, it is easy to attain

False

A good strategy for becoming virtuous, Aristotle suggests, is to be on our guard against 

 biases brought on by desires for pleasure

Aristotle thinks a person can live well without being virtuous.

False