Human Flourishing Flashcards
Technology as basically means to an end
Aristotelianism
Technology is the organizing of techniques to meet human demand
Aristotelianism
Suggests that technology is primarily concerned with the product
Aristotelianism
Technology will be judge as either good or bad on the value given to the product based on its use and effect to the society
Aristotelianism
Holds that technology is progressive and beneficial in many ways, it is also doubtful in many ways
Technological Pessimism
Technology has become a way of life
Technological Pessimism
What are the pessimistic arguments?
•Technological progress has a price
•Technological progress creates more problem
•Technological progress creates damaging effects
•Technological progress creates unpredictable devastating effects
Who founded the technological pessimism?
Jacques Ellul
Technology supported by technologists, engineers, & ordinary people ( who believes that technology can alleviate all the difficulties & provide solutions )
Technological Optimism
Extreme version of technological optimism
Technocratism
Holds that technology as the supreme authority on everything
Technocratism
Existence ot the mode of being of someone or something which is governed by the norm of authenticity.
Existentialism
German philosopher who founded existentialism?
Martin Heidegger
He contributed 2 usual definitions of technology
Martin Heidegger
Two usual definitions of technology
• means to an end
• human activity
What is the correct definition of technology according to Martin Heidegger?
Insufficient
He argued that “technology is by no means technological” and should not be seen as merely neutral.
Martin Heidegger
What are the 4 causes of Aristotle?
• Material Cause
• Efficient Cause
• Formal Cause
• Final Cause
What is something is made of
Material Cause
The process of the person that brings something into being.
Efficient Cause
The form or design of something
Formal Cause
The purpose or goal of something
Final cause
Mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by among others, positive or pleasant emotions, ranging from contentment to intense joy.
Happiness
Is a cocktail of emotions when we do something good or positive
Happiness
Is the experience of a flood of hormones released in the brain as a reward for behavior that prolongs survival.
Happiness
Happiness is the polar opposite of suffering
Hedonistic View
Believe that the purpose of life is to maximize happiness, which minimize misery.
Hedonistic View
Happiness as the pursuit of becoming a better person.
Eudaimonia
People of this view do this by challenging in activities that make them spiritually richer people.
Eudaimonia
Human flourishing arises as a result of different components
Nicomachean Ethics
4 components of Nicomachean Ethics
• Phronesis
• Friendship
• Wealth
• Power
What is the expectations when it comes to the humans of today?
To become “Man of the Worlds”
Every discovery, innovation, & success contributes to our pool of human knowledge.
Science, technology, and human flourishing
Humans perpetual need to locate himself in the world by finding proofs to trace evolution.
Science and technology, and human flourishing
According to him, technology is a human activity we excel in as a result of achieving science.
Martin Heidegger
A disciple is science if it can be confirmed or interpreted in the event of an alternative hypothesis being accepted.
Verification Theory
As long as a ideology is not proven to be false and can best explain a phenomenon over alternative theories, we should accept valid ideologies, allowed emergence of theories otherwise rejected by the verification theory.
Falsification theory
