MODERN ARISTOTELIAN PHYSICS Which of the following is not an argument for the substantial theory of the self (personhood). 

The Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle (384 – 322 B.C.), was an elitist who believed that people have unequal abilities to be virtuous and that some people are worthless due to poor habituation.   See Book II (1103a13 – 1109b25)

Which of the following is false about Aristotle? 

What does eudaimonia mean?  See Book I (pp. 3 – 19)

The __________ view of the Self (or Personhood) is the common-sense view of the self that says personhood is grounded in the lower-order capacities of a soul/substance of a human organism.  On this view, humans remain the same persons through mental and physical change over the years, and they retain the same value regardless of the degree of development. 

For Aristotle, which of the following is necessary to achieve a state of well-being or eudaimonia?  

The opposite of virtue is weakness.

The philosopher, Francis Beckwith, gives a few reasons why the default position should be to protect living human organisms from conception until birth unless there are sufficient reasons to think otherwise.   Which of the following is not one of his reasons for arguing that the default position is against abortion choice?

METAPHYSICS OF PERSONHOOD: Choose the answer that is NOT one of the features of the Substantial View of Personhood (or the Self).  

In Book I.7, we find Aristotle’s famous “function argument.” Here, he examines what plant, animal, and human souls have in common and what distinguishes them from one another.  The function will be to be the good and noble performance of this function.  What power of the soul is peculiar to man? Read all of Book I.7 and 1098a1-10 (pp. 10 – 12 in Oxford)