STS and the Human Condition

Question 1

“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.”

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 2

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and
reasonable nature.”

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Marcus Aurelius

Question 3

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”

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Benjamin Franklin

Question 4

“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.”

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Agnes Repplier

Question 5

“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?”

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Albert Einstein

Question 6

“You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you’re not part of their happiness.”

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Julia Roberts

Question 7

“Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.”

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Linus Pauling

Question 8

“If you want others to be happy, practice
compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

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Dalai Lama

Question 9

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

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Mahatma Gandhi

Question 10

“Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”

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Mother Teresa

Question 11

A person who lives a moral life, obeying the commandments and performing the proper rituals, is pious.

T/F

Answer 11

True

Question 12

According to Epicurus, the so-called “higher” pleasures such as friendship and study are as important as “pleasures of the flesh”

T/F

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Epicurus’ claims that a happy life will involve many and varied pleasurable experiences

T/F

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True

Question 14

From a psychologist point of view, “happiness” is

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a mental state of contentment

Question 15

Eudaimonia is usually translated as happiness, but a better translation might be

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Fulfillment

Question 16

We need to open up the possibility of relying on technologies and it is natural to become enslaved to them.

T/F

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False

Question 17

Tell whether the following idea of society and human flourishing is an Eastern or Western Conception.

human flourishing as an end

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Western

Question 18

Tell whether the following idea of society and human flourishing is an Eastern or Western Conception.

encourage studies of sciences for a greater cause

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Eastern conception

Question 19

Tell whether the following idea of society and human flourishing is an Eastern or Western Conception.

focus is community centric

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Eastern conception

Question 20

Tell whether the following idea of society and human flourishing is an Eastern or Western Conception.

more focused on the individual

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western conception

Question 21

Tell whether the following idea of society and human flourishing is an Eastern or Western Conception.

confucian system

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eastern conception

Question 22

Tell whether the following idea of society and human flourishing is an Eastern or Western Conception.

aristotelian view

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western conception

Question 23

Tell whether the following idea of society and human flourishing is an Eastern or Western Conception.

aims for eudaimonia as the ultimate good

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western conception

Question 24

Tell whether the following idea of society and human flourishing is an Eastern or Western Conception.

individual should sacrifice himself for the sake of society

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eastern conception

Question 25

Eudaimonia is primarily associated with this philosopher

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Aristotle

Question 26

Match the following description that will best describe the philosophy of Good life to pursue a particular kind of work with great dedication

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meaningful life

Question 27

Match the following description that will best describe the philosophy of Good life to have exercise our uniquely human abilities and capacities means to have lived well

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fulfilled life

Question 28

Match the following description that will best describe the philosophy of Good life being a virtuous person

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moral life

Question 29

Match the following description that will best describe the philosophy of Good life absence of sufferings or misery

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life of pleasure

Question 30

Match the following description that will best describe the philosophy of Good life whether one lived a good life can only be revealed after his death

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finished life

Question 31

Match the following description that will best describe the philosophy of Good life what makes life worth living is that we can experience pleasure

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life of pleasure

Question 32

Match the following description that will best describe the philosophy of Good life religions conceive of the good life as a life lived according to God's laws

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moral life

Question 33

Match the following description that will best describe the philosophy of Good life based from a greek saying "call no man happy until he's dead"

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finished life

Question 34

Match the following description that will best describe the philosophy of Good life to devote ourselves to a good cause

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meaningful life

Question 35

Match the following description that will best describe the philosophy of Good life people who are able to pursue their calling are regarded as extremely fortunate

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fulfilled life

Question 36

To a neurologist, "happiness" is the experience .

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a flood of hormones such as adrenalin or endorphins

Question 37

Eudaimonia comes from the Greek words meaning

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good spirit

Question 38

For Aristotle, a happy life is a full-filled life. T/F

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True

Question 39

Aristotle says, the only will to get away from the dangers of technology is to have “the will not to will” T/F

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False

Question 40

For the behaviorist, “happiness” comes from ___

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experience of doing something good or positive

Question 41

For Hedonists, “happiness” comes from ___

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absence of pain

Question 42

While the ancient Greek experienced the ‘making’ of something as ‘helping something to come into being’ - as Heidegger explains that modern technology is rather a forcing into being’. T/F

Answer 42

True

Question 43

The word “hedonist” suggests that a person is devoted to what some have called the “lower” pleasures such as sex, food, drink, and sensual indulgence in general. T/F

Answer 43

True

Question 44

Heidegger claims that technology is not a means to an end. T/F

Answer 44

True

Question 45

One must have a free relationship with technology and recognize the essence of the developed technology T/F

Answer 45

True

Question 46

teaches us to be creative, flexible, and holistic in our vision and thinking

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philosophy

Question 47

To live as a ___ means never stop questioning (in this case, technology) and to never stop thriving for truth, to continue working to live better, to know more, and to revise your position based on new pieces of evidence.

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Philosopher

Question 48

means to grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a, particularly favorable environment.

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flourish

Question 49

means it is growing, developing healthy or vigorously, due to a favorable event in history (maybe a scientific breakthrough) or a revolution. That growth and development may be accounted for the progress brought by science and technology.

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flourishing

Question 50

can also be viewed as a state where people experience positive emotions, positive psychological functioning, positive social functioning thus, most of the time living within an optimal range of human functioning.

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flourishing

Question 51

Human-person flourishing is often associated with

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happiness

Question 52

happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being that can be defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy according to whom

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psychologist

Question 53

happiness is a cocktail of emotions we experience when we do something good or positive. according to whom

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behaviorists

Question 54

happiness is the experience of a flood of hormones released in the brain as a reward for behavior that prolongs survival. according to whom

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neurologist

Question 55

happiness is the polar opposite of suffering. The presence of happiness indicates the absence of pain thus, ____ believe that the purpose of life is to maximize happiness, whereby minimizes misery. according to whom

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hedonist

Question 56

is a more accurate translation of "Human flourishing or prosperity".

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Eudaimonia

Question 57

is a Greek word commonly translated as happiness or welfare.

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Eudaimonia

Question 58

The term Eudaimonia, combined from the Greek words for

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good spirit

Question 59

Eudaimonia is coined by

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Aristotle

Question 60

describe the ideology that defines happiness as the pursuit of becoming a better person.

Answer 60

Eudaimonia

Question 61

a virtuous person is a happy person, that is someone living a fulfilled life according to whom

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aristotle

Question 62

Aristotle tells us to live ___

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virtuously

Question 63

disposition to behave in certain ways

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virtues

Question 64

feeling fear but doing it anyawy

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courage

Question 65

golden mean

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virtue

Question 66

built with the ability to recognize virtue and learning to emulate them

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moral exemplars

Question 67

Like in ancient Greek society, we still believe that acquiring "____ " will surely bring us happiness, which in effect leads us to live a "good life", a "fulfilled life".

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eudaimonia

Question 68

s an effort to achieve self-actualization and fulfillment within the context of a larger community of individuals, each with the right to pursue his own happiness with his/her own efforts..

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human flourishing

Question 69

It involves rational use of one's individual potentials, including talents, abilities, knowledge (science and technology), and virtues in the pursuit of his freely and rationally chosen values and goals.

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human flourishing

Question 70

both the bearer and beneficiary of science and technology, flourishes and finds meaning in the world that he/she builds.

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human person

Question 71

The progress of human civilizations throughout history mirrors the development of

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science and technology

Question 72

As time changes, elements that comprise human flourishing changed; as we have learned from the history of science that societal changes were greatly affected by

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technological changes

Question 73

is used to provide mankind benefits like convenience, knowledge, solution to problems, etc. thus, "a means to an end".

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technology

Question 74

To be able to appreciate the fruits of science and technology, ____ must examine not only the functionality and instrumentality of technology but also their greater impact on humanity as a whole

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society

Question 75

Thus, a paradigm shift, humans of today are expected to become

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man of the world

Question 76

Where we find ourselves in a global neighborhood, working side by side among institutions and the government to be able to reach a

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common good

Question 77

____ as a means of survival has become passé. ____ is the new trend.

Answer 77

Competition Collaboration

Question 78

It has been observed that ___ civilization tends to be more focused on the individual,

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western

Question 79

while those from the ___ are more community-centric.

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east

Question 80

Focus is community-centric An individual should sacrifice himself for the sake of society

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Eastern conception

Question 81

Encourage studies of literature, sciences, and art for a greater cause

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Eastern conception

Question 82

Aims for eudaimonia as the ultimate good

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western conception

Question 83

aristotelian view

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eastern conception

Question 84

Aims for eudaimonia as the ultimate good

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western conception

Question 85

Chinese Confucian system Japanese Bushido

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eastern conception

Question 86

evidently has shown us that technology is instrumental (a means to an end) and at the same time anthropological (a product of human activity). But technology is more than the tools we use.

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history

Question 87

question concerning technology

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technology is not an instrument technology is not a product of human activity technology is the highest danger

Question 88

This type of questioning was initiated by a German philosopher

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Martin Heidegger

Question 89

acknowledged as one of the most original and important philosophers of the 20th century, in his book "Concerning Technology", claims that technology is not “a means to an end”, nor a product of “a human activity,” and such a wrong perception of technology is a danger in itself.

Answer 89

Martin Heidegger

Question 90

study of being and becoming

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ontology

Question 91

way of reflecting on our experience in order to illuminate its meaning

Answer 91

phenomenology

Question 92

being in the world

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dasein

Question 93

the basic givens of existence that you can't just change by choice

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facticity

Question 94

how we exist inauthentically by falling away from our deeper destinies, mostly by doing what "the they" say

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fallenness

Question 95

what possibilities are we living toward?

Answer 95

authenticity

Question 96

indeed played an active part in revealing the truth about nature (science) but it should not mean that human controls nature.

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humans

Question 97

does not call the shots.

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mankind

Question 98

is often associated with tools and machines. In modern times, the use of technology is inevitable. We are all affected by it, whether we like it or not; and whether admit it or not, we are benefitting from technology directly or indirectly.

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technology