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IHUM 201 Self Check Chapter 8

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In the Ethics, which person does Aristotle use as an example of someone who suffered a huge reversal of fortune?
Priam
Why does Aristotle say that children can't be called happy?
they cannot yet act rationally in accordance with virtue
For Aristotle, the good life is
acting rationally in accordance with the highest degree of virtue
From the reading in Culture and Values, what is an important concept that Aristotle developed regarding tragedy?
catharsis
Aristotle says that it is difficult to act nobly if confronted with which of the following circumstances?
being alone in the world
According to Aristotle, what is the thing that we always want for its own sake and not as a means to some other end?
happiness
Which of the following is not part of Aristotle's most complete definition of happiness?
enjoying a good reputation
Why doesn't Aristotle think that we need to wait until someone is safely dead to call him or her happy?
happiness is a kind of activity
Does Aristotle think that happiness depends on chance?
no
What does Aristotle say is the aim of politics, or the good that it aims at?
happiness
Aristotle's most influential teacher was
Plato
What is the function or purpose of human beings, according to Aristotle?
reason
According to the Ethics, is happiness unstable or easily changed?
no
Which one of the following is not one of the three prominent ideas of the good life that Aristotle mentions?
the military life
Aristotle criticizes Plato's notion of the absolute good because
he doesn't see how the abstract notion would help people live any better
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