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Unit 4: Human Flourishing Flashcards

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A state where people experience positive emotions and functioning

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Flourishing

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The 2 philosophers who described flourishing life as eudaimonia

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  • Plato
  • Aristotle
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For Plato and Aristotle, […] is the result of eudaimonia or human flourishing

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happiness

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For […], all human beings naturally desire eudaimonia, and one must have […] and […] to achieve this

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  • Plato
  • moral thought
  • virtuous action
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The 3 ways human beings can develop virtue (Plato)

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  • examining things and thinking more
  • masterly using reason
  • living the 4 cardinal virtues
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The 4 cardinal virtues (Plato)

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  • wisdom
  • courage
  • temperance
  • justice
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For […], eudaimonia is the highest good of human beings

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Aristotle

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The 4 aspects of human nature (Aristotle)

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  • physical
  • emotional
  • social
  • rational
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A […] is a character trait that enables a person to flourish

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virtue

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For Aristotle, eudaimonia is achieved by gaining knowledge, also known as […]

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intellectual virtue

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An excellent personal trait or character strength deemed to be morally good for thinking and learning

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Intellectual Virtue

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The 2 types of knowledge

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  • theoretical
  • practical
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The 11 virtuous traits (Aristotle)

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  • courage
  • temperance
  • liberality
  • magnificence
  • magnanimity
  • patience
  • truthfulness
  • wittiness
  • friendliness
  • justice
  • shame
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For Aristotle, all virtues are connected by […]

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Phronesis
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Practical Wisdom

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The 3 criteria for human flourishing

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  • life as a whole
  • self-motivated
  • objective good
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An American writer and futurologist who focused his writings on technology expansion and its impact on society

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Alvin Tofler

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For […], technology is a means to an end and a human activity

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Martin Heidegger

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The 4 causes of causality/connected (Heidegger)

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  • causa materialis
  • causa formalis
  • causa finalis
  • causa efficiens
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Technology came from the Greek word […] that is related to techne, a kind of knowing

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technikon

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A concept that states that nothing in the world is good in and of itself, but only good for something

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Standing Reserve

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