Aristotle Paper Topics and Examination Questions

1. Study one of Aristotle's moral virtues and show what it reveals about the relationship between moral virtue and happiness.

2. According to Aristotle, which is more conducive to happiness, moral virtue or intellectual virtue? Why?

3. What are the roles of habituation (ethismos) and practical intelligence (phronesis) in morally virtuous human action?

4. According to Aristotle, to what extent is human happiness dependent upon good or bad luck?

5. According to Aristotle, what is the nature of pleasure and what is the place of pleasure in a morally virtuous life?