Philosophers
The Father of Virtue Ethics
Who is Aristotle
According to Aristotle, the two types of virtue-p
What is moral and intellectual?
Explores the concept of the _______________________________" illustrating the difference
between the world of appearances and
the world of forms.
What is The Allegory of the Cave?
Rejected Plato’s theory of forms,
focusing instead on ____________________________________________________________
What is empirical observation
and classification of the natural world?
Advocated self-control, rationality,
and virtue as the path to happiness.
What is Stoicism?
Thought that we lived in a "shadow world" that represented the real world of forms.
Who was Plato?
Think of all virtuous traits as a spectrum with
vices of excess or deficiency on either end.
What is the Golden Mean?
This is also true of Plato’s philosopher-kings,
who are required to perceive the Form of__________________ in order to be well-informed rulers.
What is goodness?
Believed that knowledge is gained
through _______________________
What experience and reason?
Focused on seeking pleasure (in
moderation) and avoiding pain as the key to a
happy life.
What is Epicureanism?
☙He did not write down his teachings; much of what we know comes from his student, Plato.
Who was Socrates?
The two sides of a virture
What is excess and deficiency?
Founded ________________ one of
the earliest institutions of higher learning
What the Academy in Athens?
The concept of ____________refers to an end, purpose, or goal that something is striving to achieve.
What is telos?
: Encouraged doubting the certainty
of knowledge and advocated suspension of
judgment to achieve peace of mind.
What Skepticism?
The unexamined life is not worth living
Who is Socrates?
Intellectual virtues are thought to include traits such as open-mindedness, intellectual rigour,_________, and _______________
What is intellectual humility, and inquisitiveness?
Plato goes on to say that it
is only when such a person comes to power that the citizens of the state will have the opportunity
to step out of the cave and see the light.
Who is such a person?
Aristotle believed that virtue is a means to reach this ultimate goal of _______________
What is flourishing?
Shifted from Greek Cosmology (the heavens and gods and the things above) to a more____________ approach.
What is realistic or practical?
Wrote "The Poetics"
Who is Aristotle?
Both intellectual and moral virtues are
needed for us to achieve happiness also known as __________________
What is eudaemonia?
For example, ____________is a perfect idea of beauty, while any beautiful thing we see in the world is just a temporary, flawed copy of this perfect form.
What is the Form of "beauty" ?
A person can be naturally “smart” and highly
knowledgeable about a variety of topics while
also being_______________, __________________, and _________________.
What is closed-minded, intellectually
arrogant, and intellectually careless?
Which of the three Hellenistic philosophies does this quote best represent? "The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances." -
What is Stoicism?