The Human Person Flourishing in Terms of Sci and Tech Flashcards
An effort to achieve self-act and fulfillment within the context of a larger community of individuals
Human Flourishing
-A state where people exp positive emotions, positive psychological functioning
-“living” within an optimal range of human fuctioning
Flourishing
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Self-Fulfillment Needs
-Self-Actualization
Psychological Needs
-Esteem Needs
-Belonging and Love Needs
Basic Needs
-Safety Needs
-Physiological Needs
Involves the rational use of one’s individual human potentialities, including talents, abilities, etc.
Human Flourishing
T or F: Human may unconsciously acquire, consume or destroy what the world has to offer
T
T or F: Human flourishes and finds meaning in the world that he builds
T
T or F: Sci and tech must be treated as part of human life that need reflective and meditative thinking
T
T or F: Sci and tech must be examined for their greater impact on humanity as a whole
T
A German philo and a seminal thinker in the continental tradition of philo
Martin Heidegger
Two common concepts of the essence of Tech
Means to an end
A human activity
The instrumental definition of Technology
Means to an end
The anthropological definition of tech
A human activity
T or F: Heidegger strongly opposes the view that tech is a “means to an end” or “a human activity”
T
According to Heidegger, tech must be understood as __
“A way of revealing”
Greek word, which means “to discover” or “unconcealment”
Aletheuein
Every Generation (8)
The Greatest Generation (1901-1927)
Silent Generation (1928-1945)
Baby Boom generation (1946-1964)
Gen X (1965-1980)
Millennial Gen or Gen Y (1981-1996)
Gen Z or iGen (1997-2010)
Gen Alpha (2010-2024)
Gen Beta (2025-2039)
Achieving one’s full potential, including creative activities
Self-Actualization
Prestige, feeling of accomplishment
Esteem Needs
Intimate relationships, friends
Belongingness and Love Needs
Security, safety
Safety Needs
Food, water, warmth, rest
Physiological Needs
