What Is the Purpose of the Discussion in Chapter 11

question 2

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the discussion in Chapter 11 of Jordan Belfort from The Wolf of Wall Street?

• A) To suggest that no matter how successful someone appears to be, that success is doomed to be temporary if the person is not virtuous.
• B) To illustrate that having a virtue or vice involves a complex set of behaviors and attitudes involving oneself and others.
• C) To contrast the way that virtue ethics evaluates a person's whole life with the way that consequentialism evaluates only a person's actions.
• D) To show that whether someone is living the best life possible depends not only on external things, like wealth and success, but also on the person's moral character.

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Shale

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