Philosophy 103
Study questions:  Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book II


1.  Aristotle claims that virtue is a mean.  Explain this view.  Illustrate with an example.

2.  Aristotle considers whether virtue is a passion, a state of character, or a faculty.  What is his
        conclusion?  How does he defend this conclusion?

3.  According to Aristotle, what exactly is a virtue?  How does he define it?

4.  How does Aristotle think we acquire virtue?  How does he think we don't acquire it?