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Virtue Ethics and the Doctrine of the Mean

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What is the virtue that is the mean of cowardice and rashness?

Phronesis

Generosity

Courage (correct)

Temperance

What is the excess of generosity?

Cowardice

Rashness

Stinginess

Extravagance (correct)

What is the deficiency of generosity?

Cowardice

Stinginess (correct)

Rashness

Extravagance

What is the mean of self-esteem and self-deprecation?

Humility Signup and view all the answers

What is the virtue that is the mean of absence and overbearing?

Dependability Signup and view all the answers

What is the virtue that is the mean of insensibility and obsessiveness?

Compassion Signup and view all the answers

What is the virtue that is the mean of impatience and endurance?

Patience Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of Phronesis in virtue ethics?

To apply moral principles in a flexible way Signup and view all the answers

What is the ultimate goal of virtue ethics?

To live a flourishing and good life (Eudaimonia) Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between virtue and Phronesis?

Virtue provides the what, and Phronesis provides the how Signup and view all the answers