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CJA 326 Wk 4 – Concept Check
- Question 1
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In contrast to deontologists and consequentialists, theorists such as Aristotle stress the importance of moral character or personal ________.
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Rules
Effects
Religiosity
Virtue
- Question 2
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What is primarily concerned with persons and character rather than with duties or with the consequences of actions?
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Virtue ethics
Moral ethics
Justice ethics
Kantian ethics
- Question 3
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Moral virtues are represented by which of the following?
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Habits
Traits
Dispositions of character
All of the above
- 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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Trial and error
Following the life of others considered good persons
Maximizing our virtues
Minimizing bad and evil
- 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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Practical wisdom
Virtue
Character
Justice
- 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.
They are not recognized outside Greece.
They can be conflicting.
They ignore character issues.
- Question 7
For stoics, what is achieved through a will that operates in accordance with the happenings of nature?
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Morality
Virtue
Hedonism
Character
- 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
To eat and drink as much as one desires
To live pleasantly
To have maximum pleasure
- Question 9
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An egoist can typically be described in which of the following ways?
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Self-centered
Inconsiderate
Unfeeling
All of the above
- 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
It is logically inconsistent
It is arbitrary
All of the above