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| In order to have a Good Life, one needs self respect not _______________ |
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| whats the difference between self respect and self esteem |
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| Self-esteem involves feeling good about oneself. Self-respect involves feeling good about oneself for the right reasons |
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| Aristotle points out that all human actions aim toward |
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| When saying "good" aristotle does not mean moral good he means... |
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| that all human actions tend toward some goal or other on the part of the agent. |
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| In order to have a Good Life, you must not only be satisfied... |
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| with the way your life is going, you must be happy with who and what you are as a person |
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| According to Aristotle, in order to be happy with yourself as a person, |
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| you must be virtuous—a morally good person. |
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| Aristotles two other ingredients to a Good Life: |
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| good fortune and external goods. |
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| Aristotle claims that there are two kinds of virtue: |
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| Moral virtues are _________ The development of virtue requires us to engage... |
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| Habits, in actions of the kind we want to develop. |
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| Aristotle is wrong to claim that virtues |
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| habits. Virtues are not habits. They are traits of character. A character trait is a disposition to act in a particular fashion in different situations. |
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| what are the differences between virtues and habits: |
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| Habits are very limited in scope. This is shown by the fact that in naming the habit, we are also describing what it is the person does. Habits can be performed mindlessly. Virtues are not like this. Virtues require that we understand the nature of the virtue involved (the moral principle involved) and the nature of the situation in which we have to act. |
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| what are two ways virtues are like habits? |
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| (a) Virtues are like habits in that they are predictive. They tell us what a person is likely to do in a given situation. (b) Virtues are like habits in that they take time and repetition to develop. |
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| some moral worth virtues are... |
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Honesty Loyalty Industry
Generosity Charity Moderation
Patience Self-control Self-discipline
Self-reliance Compassion Responsibility
Friendliness Courage Perseverance |
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Cruelty Vindictiveness Unfairness
Dishonesty Deceitfulness Selfishness
Intolerance Spitefulness Callousness |
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| The Ego is not only an obstacle to self-knowledge, it is ... |
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| also an obstacle to virtue and the achievement of real self-respect (a sense of our own moral worth). |
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| The Ego would rather have the appearance of virtue than really having to be ____________ |
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| because we have Egos, we have the disposition to seek out ________ and to flee from _________ |
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| Each of us is constantly engaged in an inner dialogue with ourselves. What is interesting about this dialogue is that we are both.... |
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| the speaker and the audience |
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| because we are already predisposed to think the best of ourselves, it is easy to make ourselves believe that we are good and virtuous people when we are not. What are some INTELLECTUAL VICES that we use to accomplish this? |
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| Selectively (remembering) emphasizing our occasional good deeds, When accused of wrong-doing, we turn around and accuse our accuser of wrong-doing as well, pointing to another wrong. |
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| ____________ requires self-knowledge. Self-knowledge requires that we have the ___________ to face the truth about ourselves even when this is painful. |
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| self respect, ordinary courage |
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| the acceptance, affection, and respect needed of other persons. |
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| what does Aristotle claim are three kinds of friends: |
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| utility friends, pleasure friends, and virtue friends |
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| what is a utility friend? |
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| Utility friends are our friends because they are of use to us; they are beneficial for some reason. (coincidental) |
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| What is a pleasure friend |
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| A pleasure friend is simply a person that you enjoy being with. It may be that they make you laugh, it may be that they are fun at parties, it may be that you share an interest in the same activities—motorcycle riding, shopping, or dancing |
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| Essential characteristics of virtue friendships... |
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1. Virtue friendship is not coincidental. A virtue friendship is based on who and what the other person is as a person.
2 Virtue friendship can only exist between people who are morally good. Good people do not want to be around bad people: kind people do not want to be with cruel people
3. Virtue friendship cannot exist between bad people. Bad people are likely to be selfish and undependable.
4.Virtue friendship can only exist between people who are equals and have mutual respect for one another. A child cannot be your virtue friend; your parents very likely cannot be your virtue friend; a lap-dog cannot be a virtue friend to the other person.
5. A virtue friend makes you a better person just by being with them.
6. ) Being a virtue friend does not preclude someone also being a utility friend and a pleasure friend. Indeed, virtue friends are all three. This is why it is the “complete” form of friendship.
7. A virtue friend makes sacrifices for her friend, and she does this just for the sake of the other person, and not because she expects something in return.
8. A virtue friend is a pleasure to be with. The reason is that the same qualities that make them virtuous (their being kind, thoughtful, considerate, etc.) also make them pleasant to be with.
9. True virtue friends are very rare.
10.It is impossible to have a lot of virtue friends. |
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| during this process of dating (in the initial stages of a romantic relationship) that we are most likely to engage in the process of |
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| The problem with this is that image-management most often involves the |
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| falsification of ourselves—our trying to seem like something that we are not. |
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| Falsification is something we all do, the difference is simply one of |
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| There is an unspoken rule that says: |
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| “I will not expose your false images by pointing the discrepancies between what you say and do, and you will not expose mine.” And if you break this unwritten rule, the other person will absolutely hate you for it. |
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| It is said that “Love is blind.” But love is not blind,_______ is blind. |
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| There are two forms of falsification: |
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| physical and psychological. |
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| A good deal of human suffering stems from the attempt to_____________________; and much energy is wasted worrying about things that we cannot control. |
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| control things that we cannot control |
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| Stoics maintain that there are three things we can control: |
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| our judgments (conceptions), our emotions, and the quality of our character. |
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| We can control our emotions by controlling our __________ |
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| The stoics believe that all things that happen.... |
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| happen for a beneficial reason |
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| One of the keys to having a good life, is learning that there are some things.... |
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| under our control and other things that are not. |
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| the basic four virtues are... |
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| honesty, justice, kindness and independence |
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