2.B
Which revealed truth is identified as the one virtue that actively directs all other virtues toward God via Agape?
Love
Fortitude, as a natural cardinal virtue, is composed of courage and the ability to overcome what?
Personal fear
The revealed truth of Hope is primarily focused on driving a person towards their ultimate what?
End or desire
Faith is described as more than mere acknowledgement of the divine; it is primarily an act of what?
Deliberate will
According to Aquinas, why can non-Christian philosophers not be truly virtuous?
Their actions are not directed toward the Christian God.
The natural cardinal virtue of Justice involves looking outward for themselves and encouraging what?
Fairness
Essentially, doing habitual virtues allows us to fulfill what, according to the Ethical Theory of Natural Law?
God's commands
The virtue of Justice involves looking outward for others and promoting what among people?
Fairness
The natural cardinal virtue of Prudence is defined as the ability to judge what?
Appropriate actions at a given time
The natural cardinal virtue of Fortitude encompasses courage and what else?
Overcoming fear
Virtues are needed to fulfill natural law by becoming what, rather than just isolated good deeds?
Deeply ingrained character traits
What is the key distinction between isolated good deeds and virtues in the context of fulfilling natural law?
Virtues are deeply ingrained character traits.
Which natural cardinal virtue is primarily understood as self-discipline?
Temperance
Which of the following best describes the natural cardinal virtue of Temperance?
The practice of self-discipline.
Hope is characterized as a pure form of desire focused on driving a person towards what?
Their ultimate end/desire