Ethics Definitions Quiz

Efficient Cause

The agent of any activity, that which brings something into being

End/Final Cause greek

Telos

End/ Final Cause

That for the sake of which something exists or is done

Deliberation:

The rational consideration of the best means to a given end

Decision:

voluntary commitment to an action as the means to a given end

Action:

Deeds that were rationally deliberated and decided upon

State:

An active condition of the rational soul in relation to feelings or desires

Character:

A state of the soul out of which one chooses actions in a consistent way

Mean

Measured choice for the good that precisely achieves its end

Virtue:

State of excellence out of which one chooses mean knowingly and for its own sake

Prudence:

Virtue of discerning the right means to the right end in a particular situation

Courage:

Virtue in which one chooses to endure loss for the sake of a good end

Temperance:

virtue of choosing bodily pleasures in accord for what is good for a human life

Magnanimity

Virtue of knowing you are worthy of great things

Happiness (Eudaimonia)

The end for which human persons live, attained through a life in accord with virtue

Ethics

Science of human action that forms characters towards happiness

Cardinal Virtues

Prudence, Courage, Temperance, and Justice