POL 250- Quiz 2: Nicomachean Ethics (Part 1)

More Aristotle Nonsense

According to Aristotle, happiness is

a. receiving honors. b. pleasure. c. a life lived according to virtue. d. health and wealth.

c. a life lived according to virtue.

Where does pleasure fit in Aristotle's overall understanding of happiness?

a. Pleasure is the essence of happiness. b. Pleasure is incompatible with the good life. c. Pleasure is a byproduct of living a virtuous life. d. Pleasure is an illusion.

c.

Pleasure is a byproduct of living a virtuous life.

When Aristotle says happiness is "self-sufficient," he means

a. at the end of our lives, we will all ultimately be happy. b. We can achieve happiness without the assistance of other people. c. debates about what happiness consist of have come to an end, because all philosophers agree. d. when happiness is taken by itself, it is complete and lacking in nothing.

d.

when happiness is taken by itself, it is complete and lacking in nothing.

A ______ good seems good to a person who pursues it, but it really isn't.

a. unqualified b. intrinsic c. real d. apparent

d. apparent

	An ______ good is something that is always good, without exception.
	a. unqualified b. instrumental c. apparent d. qualified

a.

unqualified

What does Aristotle believe is the highest human good?

a. Having a moderate amount of health and wealth. b. Salvation: eternal life in God's presence. c. Maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain. d. A life of intellectual and moral virtue

d. A life of intellectual and moral virtue

An ______ good is something we seek as a means to the end of a greater good.

a. unqualified b. intrinsic c. instrumental d. real

c.

instrumental

A ______ good is good under some circumstances, but not under others.

a. apparent b. real c. qualified d. intrinsic

c.

qualified

Aristotle gives several reasons why the essence of happiness is not health and wealth. Which of the following is not one of those reasons?

a. Wealth is not final, because we seek it for the sake of other things. b. There are lots of financially secure people who are not happy. c. There are lots of physically healthy people who are not happy. d. Being dirt poor and gravely ill would not hinder a person from practicing the virtues.

d.

Being dirt poor and gravely ill would not hinder a person from practicing the virtues.

Aristotle argues that pleasure is not the essence of happiness. Which of the following examples does not illustrate that point?

a. Porn stars have higher rates of depression than the general population. b. In the United States, religious people tend to give a higher percentage of their income to charitable organizations than non-religious people. c. Alcoholics have higher rates of depression than the general population. d. People can be depressed in the middle of a vacation.

b.

In the United States, religious people tend to give a higher percentage of their income to charitable organizations than non-religious people.