CJA 326 Wk 4 - Concept Check
1. Question 1
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In contrast to deontologists and consequentialists, theorists such as Aristotle stress the importance of moral character or personal ________. Hide answer choices
1. Rules
2. Effects
3. Religiosity
4. Virtue
2. Question 2
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What is primarily concerned with persons and character rather than with duties or with the consequences of actions? Hide answer choices
1. Virtue ethics
2. Moral ethics
3. Justice ethics
4. Kantian ethics
3. Question 3
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Moral virtues are represented by which of the following?
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1. Habits
2. Traits
3. Dispositions of character
4. All of the above
4. Question 4
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Under virtue ethics, since what may be good for one person may not be good for another person, and reason alone will not tell us the correct way of living for each person, how can we determine the correct way?
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1. Trial and error
2.
Following the life of others considered good persons
3.
Maximizing our virtues
4.
Minimizing bad and evil
5. Question 5
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As Aristotle explains it, which of the following is not constituted by the attribute of cleverness but does not exist without it.
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1. Practical wisdom
2. Virtue
3. Character
4. Justice
6. Question 6
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In Ch. 14 of Criminal Justice Ethics, we learn about how Hursthouse and other critics of Aristotle and other character theorists argue that what is true about the virtues?
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They have no relevance in the 21st century.
2.
They are not recognized outside Greece.
3.
They can be conflicting.
4.
They ignore character issues.
7. Question 7
For stoics, what is achieved through a will that operates in accordance with the happenings of nature?
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1. Morality
2. Virtue
3. Hedonism
4. Character
8. Question 8
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According to Epicurus, which of the following is the proper way to live?
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To enjoy life to the fullest
2.
To eat and drink as much as one desires
3.
To live pleasantly
4.
To have maximum pleasure
9. Question 9
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An egoist can typically be described in which of the following ways?
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Self-centered
2. Inconsiderate
3. Unfeeling
4.
All of the above
10. Question 10
Ethical egoism has been rejected for which of the following reasons?
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It does not assist us in resolving conflicts of interest
2. It is logically inconsistent
3. It is arbitrary
4. All of the above