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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In how many ways does Aristotle speak of the mean in II.6?
2. What word, by the description of Aristotle, well-describes the person who considers himself worthy of great things, or to be magnanimous, but is not?
3. Which of the following most accurately describes the behavior of one of the vices Aristotle discusses in IV.6?
4. What two things does Aristotle define as contraries in II.8?
5. Aristotle claims that a man is inspired to take more than his due out of which vice?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain Aristotle's distinction between the good and the apparent good, and those who pursue each, as given in III.4.
2. With what virtuous dispositions are Book IV, Chapters 6-9 concerned?
3. Explain what is meant by Aristotle in saying that youth should not be involved in the study or practice of politics.
4. What is the tripartite distinction in the soul that Aristotle makes in Chapter 13 of the first book?
5. What is the significance of the quasi-virtues mentioned by Aristotle in the last part of II.7?
6. What sort of ruler becomes a tyrant, according to Aristotle's observations?
7. What is the distinction between the mean in the thing itself and the mean in relation to a man as Aristotle explains it?
8. What characterizes Aristotle's notion of the generous person?
9. What is the proper distinction Aristotle makes between things that are good in themselves and things that are good only in a derivative sense? Illustrate this distinction by means of an example.
10. To which of the vicious extremes is the truthful man closer in disposition and why, according to Aristotle?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compose an analytical essay which presents a clear thesis on some aspect of justice as Aristotle discusses it in Book V of the Nicomachean Ethics. Be sure to answer the following:
-What is justice?
-Why is justice a virtue?
-What is unique about justice as a virtue?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the Ethics, the topic of man's volitional powers frequently becomes relevant to the subject at hand. Compose an analytical essay which considers the relationship of man's will to his virtue, particularly regarding the topics of friendship and justice. Why is man's will important to these topics? What is the role of man's volitional powers in his pursuit of virtue? How does man's will relate to his states of moral character? How does it relate to his friendships? Why is it important to the enacting of justice?
Essay Topic 3
In many cases, ethical rectitude depends not merely on a bland and level equality between men, but upon a sense of proportionality; justice is not merely ensuring that everyone has the same things, according to Aristotle, but that everyone has that which he is due, according to merit. Examine this claim in a structured analytical essay. Why does Aristotle advocate proper proportionality? In what situations does he advocate it? What are the strengths and weaknesses of his argument? Upon what does his argument depend? Upon what does proportionality depend? What is the relationship between proportionality and the various virtues?
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