Distinguish between moral and intellectual virtues

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Chose one of the following topics:

" Nicomachean Ethics," Aristotle

According to Aristotle, how are moral virtues best acquired?
What does Aristotle mean by his claim that moral excellence is an intermediate between excess and defect?
How does Aristotle distinguish between moral and intellectual virtues?

"Utilitarianism," John Stuart Mill

What does Mill mean by "Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied?"
How does Mill respond to the charge that utilitarianism is a pig philosophy?
What is Mill's "proof" of the truth of utilitarianism?

"The Moral Law," Immanuel Kant

How does Kant's
moral theory differ from Mill's utilitarianism?
How are we to apply Kant's means-end principle to situations involving a lying promise?
According to Kant, what is the only thing that is good without qualification?

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