Courage was one of the main virtues of Aristotle’s philosophy because
a. Greek society idealized the war hero.
b. Courage implies fearlessness.
c. Courage requires self-sacrifice.
d. None of the above
a. Greek society idealized the war hero.
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A) Being negative. B) Being obscure. C) Being figurative. D) Being ambiguous. E) Being circular.
What relevance does the morality of abortion have to whether or not there should be laws regulating abortion?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is NOT one of the Four Noble Truths?
a. Life involves duhkha. b. Suffering is caused by desire. c. Desire is the root of all happiness. d. There is a path to follow that will end suffering.
You and your visually-impaired mother, whom you love dearly, are attending a lecture by a scientist who is conducting groundbreaking research on a vaccine for AIDS when a fire breaks out in the lecture hall. A beam falls, trapping your mother, her seeing eye dog, and the scientist. You have time to save only one of them. A care ethicist would most likely advise you to:
A. save your mother; your relationship with her creates a special obligation to her. B. save the dog; to give preferential treatment to humans in this case is speciesist. C. save the scientist; she is more likely to benefit society through her research. D. apply the doctrine of the mean and take each of them partway out of the building.