Human Flourishing & Technology as a Mode of Revealing

Question 1

Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.

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Happiness in Psychology

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Happiness is a cocktail of emotions we experience when we do something good or positive.

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Happiness in Behaviorists

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Happiness is the experience of a flood of hormones released in the brain as a reward for behavior that prolongs survival.

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Happiness in Neurologists

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Hormones that promote happiness

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• Dopamine
• Oxytocin
• Serotonin

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happiness is the polar opposite of suffering and indicates the absence of pain

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Hedonistic View

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purpose of life for hedonists

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to maximize happiness & minimize misery

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happiness achieved through experiences of pleasure and enjoyment

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Hedonic happiness

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coined by Aristotle which means “good-spirited’

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Eudaimonia

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happiness achieved through experiences of meaning and purpose

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Eudaimonic happiness

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wrote Nichomachean Ethics; son of Aristotle

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Nicomachus

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philosophical inquiry into the nature of the good life for a human being

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Nichomachean Ethics

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components of human flourishing

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• Phronesis
• Friendship
• Wealth
• Power

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the habit of making the right decision, and taking the right actions in context, and relentless pursuit of excellence for the common good

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Phronesis

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an effort 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

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Human Flourishing

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“man of the world”

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knowledgeable, experienced, & worldly-wise

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a means of survival that has become a passé

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Competition

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the new trend

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Coordination

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human flourishing that is more focused on the individual

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Western Civilization

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human flourishing is community-centric

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Eastern Civilization

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elicits the idea of self-importance

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Human Flourishing

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instrumental definition of technology

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means to an end

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anthropological definition of technology

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a human activity

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Heiddeger’s compound German words

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• Seinsvergessenheit (forgetfulness of Being)
• Bodenstandigkeit (Rootedness-in-soil)
• Wesensferfassung (Essential Constitution)

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technology’s way of revealing

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Bringing-Forth

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modern technology's way of revealing

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Challenging-Forth

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Ancient Greek philosophical concept which refers to the act of bringing something out of concealment

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Poiesis

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something being revealed by bringing something out of concealment

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Truth

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Ancient Greek concept which is translated as unclosedness, unconcealedness, disclosure, or truth.

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Aletheia

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in philosophy, techne resembles this term that refers to the human ability to make and perform

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Episteme

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refers to tangible and intangible aspects of life

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techne in arts

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reduces objects as standing-reserve or something to be disposed of by those who can enframe them

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Challenging Forth

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Humans desire to put an order to nature to better understand and control it.

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Calculative Thinking

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Tends to be more commonly utilized, primarily because of human’s desire to control due to their fear of irregularity.

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Calculative Thinking

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Humans allowed nature to reveal itself to them without the use of force or violence.

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Meditative Thinking

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a way of ordering (or framing) nature to better manipulate it

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Enframing

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the role of humans takes as instruments of technology through enframing

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Destining

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the Saving Power and the way out of enframing

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Art

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proposed Art as the Saving Power and the way out enframing

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Martin Heidegger

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encourages humans to think less from calculative standpoint where nature is viewed as on ordered system

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Art