THE QUESTION CONCERNING TECHNOLOGY Flashcards
3 ideas of MARTIN HEIDEGGER
-HUMAN EXISTANCE
-ALL BEINGS ARE CONNECTED
-We forgot to be FREE and Live for Ourselves
HUMAN EXISTENCE
DES SEIN - Being (To exist in the world)
DAS NICHTS - The NOTHING
Being (To exist in the world)
DES SEIN
All Beings are connected
GEWORFENHEIT - THROWNNESS
We forgot to be FREE and Live for Ourselves
“The mode of being of someone which is governed by the norm of AUTHENTICITY”
DAS NICHTS
The NOTHING
SELECTED VIEWS ON TECHNOLOGY
-ARISTOTELIANISM
-TECHNOLOGICAL PESSIMISM
-TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIMISM
Human Flourishing
To find meaning in life and the world
Eudaimonia:
Pursuit of the Good Life
ARISTOTELIANISM
TECHNOLOGY will be judged as either good or bad based on the value given to the product based on its use and effect to the society
Technology can alleviate difficulties and provide solutions for problems that may come
TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIMISM
Technology is progressive and beneficial in many ways, it is also doubtful in many ways. (Jacques Ellul)
TECHNOLOGICAL PESSIMISM
TECHNOCRATISM
Technology as the supreme authority on everything
Jacques Ellul
Technology is progressive and beneficial in many ways, it is also doubtful in many ways
IN TECHNOLOGICAL PESSIMISM
Technological progress creates______
Technological progress:
has a price
creates more problems
creates damaging effects
creates unpredictable devastating effects