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1. According to Aristotle, what is the relationship between leading an ethical life and being happy or “flourishing”? Provide a specific example of such a relationship.
2 .Describe the role that practical wisdom plays in character.
3. What is Aristotle’s theory of the “Golden Mean”? Provide an example of a situation which follows that principle and one which violates it.
4.In 1997, a civil court awarded $25 million in punitive damages for the wrongful deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The Goldman family was also awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages. Punitive damages are designed to account for the reprehensibility of the act, while compensatory damages, are designed to compensate for a loss.
Is it right or wrong to assign a monetary value to human life? How should society calculate compensatory and punitive damages in wrongful death cases?
