Aristotelian virtue ethics. One lesson at a time: listen to the episode, play the three games until the streak holds, then write to a real past-paper question in the time the exam gives you.
Specimen to 2026, by tariff. A dash means that year's question at that tariff was on another unit of the same section.
| Year | 3 marks | 5 marks | 5 marks | 12 marks | 25 marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specimen | Q01Briefly explain why Aristotle thinks that pleasure is not the only good. | — | Q03Explain the analogy drawn between virtues and skills within Aristotelian ethics. | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — | — | Q04Explain how Aristotelian virtue ethics might be applied to the issue of simulated killing. | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | Q05How convincing is Aristotelian virtue ethics? |
| 2021 | — | — | — | Q04Explain Aristotle's view on how we develop moral character and how this is challenged by the issue of circularity in his definition of 'virtuous acts'. | — |
| 2022 | — | Q02Explain the 'skill analogy' that Aristotle uses in his account of virtue. | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | Q05To what extent can Aristotelian virtue ethics be defended? |
| 2024 | — | Q02Explain Aristotle's function argument. | — | — | — |
| 2025 | Q01What, for Aristotle, is the difference between voluntary and involuntary actions? | — | Q03Explain what Aristotle means by 'eudaimonia'. | — | — |
| 2026 | — | — | — | — | Q05Is Aristotelian virtue ethics the correct normative ethical view? |
Read your answer as the examiner will. Which of these would they write beside it?