Question

1. Each of the following is true regarding Wolf’s perspective of individual perfection except for:

A) the perspective of individual perfection is incompatible with moral sainthood

B) the perspective of individual perfection involves making oneself a better person

C) the perspective of individual perfection would exclude helping others

D) the perspective of individual perfection is an ideal that most people prefer over moral sainthood

2. Which of the following statements is a statement of metaethics?

A) There are no objective moral values.

B) The word “virtue” has its reference fixed by a definite description.

C) Some values are objective, and some values are relative to a society.

D) Each of the above is a statement of metaethics.

3. Which one of the following spheres of life discussed by Nussbaum relates to what Aristotle would call ‘intellectual’ virtue?

A) fear of death

B) enduring personal slights

C) concern for personal property

D) curiosity about the world

4. Which of the following is an objection that Nussbaum replies to regarding her non-relativistic theory of virtues?

A) Aristotle himself acknowledged that what counts as virtue is conditioned by society.

B) different cultures will have different accounts of moral virtue

C) different cultures will have different experiences of moral virtue

D) two of the above

Answer 1

1. The correct answer is Option C. It is false that the perspective of individual perfection would exclude helping others.

2. The correct answer is Option A. This is a metaethical statement.

3. The correct answer is Option D. This would be curiousity about the world.

4. The correct answer is Option D. Two of the above.