Lesson 4: Human Flourishing

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Happiness

Question 2

It defined happiness as the pursuit of
becoming a better person.

Answer 2

Eudaimonia

Question 3

Eastern Perspective of Human flourishing

Answer 3

Focus is community-centric
Individual should sacrifice
himself for the sake of
society
Chinese Confucian system
Japanese Bushido
Encourages studies of
literature, sciences, and art
for a greater cause

Question 4

Western Perspective of Human Flourishing

Answer 4

More focused on the
individual
Human flourishing as an
end
Aristotelian view
Aims for eudaimonia as the
ultimate good

Question 5

The idea that proposes that a discipline is science if it can be confirmed or interpreted in the event of an alternative hypothesis being accepted.

Answer 5

Verification Theory

Question 6

The group of Scholars that established the verification theory who believed that only those
which can be observed should be regarded as
meaningful

Answer 6

Vienna Circle

Question 7

This theory states that as long as an ideology is not proven to be false and can best explain a phenomenon over alternative theories, we should accept the said ideology.

Answer 7

Falsification Theory

Question 8

He is the one that established the Falsification Theory

Answer 8

Karl Popper