Chapter 4 Flashcards
Technology itself is a contrivance– in Latin an ____.
instrumentum
____’s seminal work- “The Question Concerning
Technology”, states that “______” and this is
closely connected with what he elsewhere calls “___”, which he
means “the clearing of being”.
Martin Heidegger;
technology is a way of revealing;
regioning
Heidegger introduced the term ____– bringing out of concealment into unconcealment.
presencing
Heidegger also put forward the ancient Greek concepts of ___
(unhiddenness or disclosure), ____(bringing forth), and ___(skill,
art, or craft).
Aletheia;
Poiesis ;
Techne
___means revealing or bringing something into existence that did
not exist before.
Poiesis
means the gathering together of that setting-upon which sets
upon man,
Enframing
To treat nature under the regime of modern technology, man must order
it within a frame which Heidegger term ___ or ____
“Ge-sell” or enframing
For Heidegger, “___” (____in German) is using technology to turn
nature into a resource for efficient use
enframing; Gestell
Modern technology, says Heidegger, lets us isolate nature and treat it as a
“____” (___)—that is, a resource to be stored for later utility
standing reserve; Bestand
___ (3) are all a result of an overuse of technology,
which has created a wall between many people globally
Increased isolation, reduced social interaction and social skills, and increased
human-to-machine interactions
Aneffort to achieve self-actualization and fulfillment within the context
of a larger community of individuals, each with the right to pursue his or
her own efforts
Human flourishing
Human flourishing encompasses the __ (6) of the individual within the
larger population or communit
uniqueness, dignity, diversity,
freedom, happiness, and holistic well-being
According to _____, “an emphasis on human
flourishing, ours and others, becomes important because it is
characterized by holistic concern for spiritual, moral, physical,
economic, material, political, psychological, and social context
necessary for human beings to live according to their design
Anthony Bradley
According to ____ of the University of
California, Human well-being (human flourishing) however,
consists of a much broader range of states and outcomes
including mental and physical health, happiness and life
satisfaction, meaning and purpose, character, and virtual and
close social relationship
Kenneth W. Watcher
(3) are key elements that
contribute to human flourishing
Science and technology and theology
Aspects of Human
Flourishing (5)
- structure of the physical world we live in
- nature of human identity and human mystical experiences
- Character formation in adverse circumstances
-Relationship between scriptures and modern scientific knowledge
-Notion or purpose of biology
All human activities aim for some good. Every art and human
inquiry and similarly every action and pursuit is thought to
aim at some good; and for this reason, the good has been
rightly declared as that at which all things aim
Nichomachean Ethics 2:2
Both the many and the cultivated call it happiness, and
suppose that living well and doing well are the same as being
happy
Nichomachean Ethics 1:4
– “living well and doing well
Eudaimonia
eu=__
daimon=__
eu= good
daimon= spirit
refers to the good life, which is marked by happiness and
excellence
eudaimonia
Now such a thing as happiness above all else is held to be; for this, we
choose always for itself and never for the sake of something else, but
honor, pleasure, reason, and every virtue we choose indeed for
themselves, but we choose them also for the sake of happiness, judging
that by means of them, we shall be happy. Happiness, on the other hand,
no one chooses for anything other than itself
Nichomachean Ethics 2:27
is the ultimate end of human action
Happiness
___defines good life, however, this does not come from
sensate pleasure but rather it comes from virtue, life excellence
manifested from the personal to the global scale
Happiness
