hard ones

Question 1

Why do those that are “slaves to inordinate desire” justly suffer in this life?

Answer 1

Because punishments come when someone is violating a law, because someone who falls to inordinate desire wants the wrong things. Just because its something you have chosen and you need to have your reasoning reordered.

Question 2

What is general justice? What is particular justice? (Be able to name and explain both kinds of particular justice.)

Answer 2

Universal justice: whole of virtue in relation to others
Particular justice: mean in giving others their due
Distributive justice: redistribution of goods (proportional equality)
Retificatory justice: involving a transaction (arithmetical equality)

Question 3

What is St. Augustine’s definition of “good will”?

Answer 3

will by which we desire to live good lives and attain the highest wisdom

Question 4

What is pleasure? Is pleasure good or bad? Explain.

Answer 4

Pleasure: an activity that completes the activity of an unimpeded power, we determine if it is good or bad by looking toward the activity that it is completing

Question 5

Does happiness involve contemplation? Explain.

Answer 5

Yes because contemplation is the activity of the best part of us about the best objects, it is the most pleasant and most continuous, and it is sought for its own sake.

Question 6

What is wish? What is deliberation? What is choice?

Answer 6

Wish: rational desire for end goals
Deliberation: the means to achieve an end, what is in our power and what we can do
Choice: rational desire for the means within our power that occurs after deliberation