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What is the excess response to the virtue of courage in the doctrine of the mean?

Willingness to face danger

Dependability

Rashness or foolhardiness (correct)

Absence

What is the response to deficiency in the doctrine of the mean for the virtue of generosity?

Stinginess

Being there when someone needs you

Giving up time and money (correct)

Extravagance or Prodigality

What is the virtue that is the mean between cowardice and rashness or foolhardiness in the doctrine of the mean?

Temperance

Courage (correct)

Generosity

Phronesis

What is the deficiency response to the virtue of temperance in the doctrine of the mean?

Insensibility Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of Phronesis in relation to virtue ethics?

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

What is the relationship between Phronesis and virtue ethics?

Phronesis provides the application of good character traits, and virtue ethics provides the traits themselves. 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 essential for developing virtue, according to the text?

Phronesis, which allows us to apply our moral knowledge to real-world situations. Signup and view all the answers

According to the doctrine of the mean, what is the relationship between excess and deficiency responses?

Excess and deficiency responses are both bad, and the mean is good. Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of applying moral principles in a rigid way?

A lack of adaptability to specific circumstances. Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the doctrine of the mean?

To identify excess, deficiency, and mean responses to different virtues. Signup and view all the answers

What is the virtue that is the mean between stinginess and extravagance or prodigality?

Generosity Signup and view all the answers

What is the ability to discern the good in a particular situation?

Phronesis Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of having Phronesis?

Making sound judgments about what course of action to take. Signup and view all the answers

What is the implication of not having Phronesis?

Inability to make sound judgments about what course of action to take. Signup and view all the answers

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