Question
A 1958 essay draws on an ancient philosopher's classification of these concepts by asking if their intellectual type has a "moral aspect." These concepts title a book that compares today’s "dark age" with a world where science is destroyed, by Alasdair MacIntyre. G. E. M. Anscombe's "Modern Moral Philosophy" helped spark the aretaic turn, which repopularized an ethical theory based on these concepts often contrasted with both (*) deontology and consequentialism. Pursuing these concepts results in a flourishing called eudaimonia, according to a book that views them as the "golden mean" between two negative extremes. For 10 points, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics argues for the pursuit of what opposites of vices? ■END■
ANSWER: virtues [accept arete until "aretaic" is read; accept After Virtue]
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Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 12 | 100% | 42% | 0% | 74.58 |