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YouTube Questions: Aristotle and Virtue Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #38

1) But unlike most of the moral theories we've discussed, virtue theory doesn't spend a lot of time ..................?

2) Istead, virtue theory is all about ..................?

3) Rather than saying, "follow these rules so that you can be a good person," Aristotle and other virtue theorists reasoned that, if we can just focus on being good people, the right actions will ................?

4) Aristotle argued that nature has built into us the desire to be virtuous, in the same way that acorns are built with the drive to .................?

5) Aristotle understood virtue as a set of robust character traits that, once developed, will lead to predictably .........................?

6) You can think of virtue as the midpoint between two extremes, which Aristotle called ...............?

7) Virtue is the just-right amount - the sweet spot between the extreme of excess and the extreme of .............?

8) The right action is always a midpoint between ....................?

9) Virtue is a skill, a way of living, and that's something that can only really be learned .................?

10) If you d oa virtuous thing over and over again, eventually it will become ...................?

11) These people who already possess virtue are moral exemplars, and according to this theory, we are built withthe ability to ................?

12) Virtue theory says that you should become virtuous because, if you are, then you can attain..............?

13) A eudaimonistic life will be full of the happiness that comes from achaiving something really difficult, rather than just having it ...............?

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