Aristotle's Virtue Ethics: Understanding the Concept of Virtue

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What is the primary concern of modern technology, according to the text?

To extract and manipulate natural resources (correct)

To understand and appreciate nature

To promote meditative thinking

To conserve natural resources

What is 'enframing' in the context of modern technology?

A poetic experience of nature

A method of controlling and manipulating nature (correct)

A process of questioning and knowing

A way of allowing nature to reveal itself

What is the primary danger of technology?

It promotes calculative thinking

It leads to environmental degradation

It is a poetic experience

It consumes human beings (correct)

What is the role of art, according to the text?

A saving power Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of questioning, according to the text?

It is a process of knowing the truth of who we are Signup and view all the answers

What is the distinction between two ways of looking at the world, according to Heidegger?

Calculative thinking vs. meditative thinking Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of Martin Heidegger's philosophy?

Ontology Signup and view all the answers

What is the instrumental definition of technology?

Technology is a means to an end. Signup and view all the answers

What is poiesis in the context of ancient Greek concepts?

Bringing forth, making something. Signup and view all the answers

What is the common understanding of technology?

A practice application of science. Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between technology and virtue, according to Heidegger?

Technology is a way of revealing virtue. Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to consider ethics and morality in the context of science and technology?

Because ethics and morality must not be eclipsed by scientific progress. Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the concept that Aristotle believes all living things exist to fulfill?

Telos Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary way that intellectual virtue is acquired, according to Aristotle?

Through experience and teaching Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic that distinguishes humans from other living things, according to Aristotle?

Rationality Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between moral virtue and intellectual virtue, according to Aristotle?

Intellectual virtue is a prerequisite for moral virtue Signup and view all the answers

What is the connection between science and technology, and the good life and virtue, according to Aristotle?

Science and technology can be used for good or bad, depending on the virtues of those who use them Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the concept that describes the process of bringing something into presence, according to Heidegger?

Expedites unconcealment Signup and view all the answers

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