Key Terminologies
What does Aristotle mean by "eudaimonia"?
A. Temporary happiness
B. Wealth and power
C. Flourishing and living well
D. Physical pleasure
C. Flourishing and living well
What virtue refers to the desire for bodily pleasure or simply pleasure or pain?
Temperance
Angel is leading a group project. She noticed that her groupmates have been unresponsive, with 2 weeks left before the deadline.
A. Gently remind her groupmates on this deadline.
B. Report the groupmates to the professor.
C. Ignore it for now, wait for 1 more week.
A. Gently remind her groupmates on this deadline.
Despite May feeling uneasy at the sight of blood, she tends to a bystander's injury, saving their life.
Courage
Alice woke up early on a Saturday morning. While preparing for the day, her phone suddenly rang and it was a call from her friend Lisa, who was going through something. Out of concern for the friend, she kept asking her what happened and tells her that she should do this and that.
A. Excessive
B. Deficient
C. Balanced/Mean
A. Excessive
What is "arete" in Aristotle's virtue ethics?
A. Practical wisdom
B. The ultimate purpose of life
C. Virtue or excellence
D. The balance between two extremes
C. Virtue or excellence
What virtue refers to the feeling of proper amount of shame?
Modesty
River is an avid player of Poyoverse games, and makes sure to play all games everyday as it keeps him happy. However, his midterms are approaching, and he doesn't want to fail.
A. Uninstall the games, it's time to grow up.
B. Find the time to play after midterms are over.
C. Keep the game sessions, these are time-gated events!
B. Find the time to play after midterms are over.
Upon receiving the Employee of the Month award, SpongeBob simply thanks Mr. Krabs for letting him have the job of his dreams.
Modesty
After having a light breakfast, Alice opened her school dashboard and saw that there are many tasks but deadlines are still next week so she decided to do her tasks at a later time.
A. Excessive
B. Deficient
C. Balanced/Mean
B. Deficient
Which term refers to "practical wisdom" or the ability to make sound moral judgments?
A. Hexis
B. Phronesis
C. Eudaimonia
D. Telos
B. Phronesis
What virtue is achieved when balancing between Obsequiousness and Quarrelsomeness or Cantankerousness?
Friendliness
John is preparing his valedictorian speech, how should he write it?
A. List a bunch of reasons why he deserves this title, and no one else.
B. Talk about the real events that inspired him to work hard.
C. Say that he's just very lucky, and that he works hard as everyone else.
B. Talk about the real events that inspired him to work hard.
Miles witnessed his classmate being falsely accused of stealing lunch money, so he stands up for him and shouted "Objection!"
Justice
At mrt Cubao station, the security guard shouts at a male passenger for accidentally entering the cabin that's reserved only for female passengers.
A. Excessive
B. Deficient
C. Balanced/Mean
A. Excessive
What does Aristotle's "doctrine of the mean" (mesotes) refer to?
A. The highest form of happiness
B. The purpose or end goal of life
C. The moderate position between excess and deficiency
D. The habit of telling the truth
C. The moderate position between excess and deficiency
What virtue refers to the balance between fear and confidence?
Courage
Steve is a talented soldier who holds important intel for the country, but he is outnumbered, what should he do?
A. Rush into the battlefield, he's a 1-man army anyway.
B. Run away and leave his fellow soldiers behind.
C. Strategize with his remaining teammates.
C. Strategize with his remaining teammates.
Ena is a sweet tooth, however, she starts cutting down her sugar intake to avoid early age diabetes.
Temperance
During a 3-day Game Jam, Rin used chatGPT's help to code basic character movement and shooting system templates then modified it to fit his game's mechanics.
A. Excessive
B. Deficient
C. Balanced/Mean
C. Balanced/Mean
What is "akrasia" in the context of Aristotle's virtue ethics?
A. The ultimate purpose of human life
B. Excessive pride
C. Weakness of will or lack of self-control
D. Perfect moral virtue
C. Weakness of will or lack of self-control
What virtue is achieved when balancing between Vulgarity and Miserliness?
Magnificence
Madoka passed by a homeless person on the street, who urgently needs money for his sick dog. How much should she give?
A. Give nothing. Why does he even have a dog?
B. Give spare change that you have.
C. Give everything you have, poor dog!
B. Give the spare change that you have.
Brenda noticed the nervous atmosphere around her coworkers during a team building activity, so she tries to ease the tension by joking about their workplace food.
Friendliness/Wit
After playing for 2 hours, Alice’s friends invited her to play more games as it is Sunday tomorrow and it’ll be alright to sleep late but because she only set her game time for 2 hours, she outright declined her friends' request.
A. Excessive
B. Deficient
C. Balanced/Mean
B. Deficient