MIDTERMM PROJECT IN

STS01

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY

(Part II Lesson 1-4/ Think about these Questions)

Submitted by: Guzman, Neavie

BSP- E13/ 8-9 OM/ MWF

Instructor: Mr. Casimiro, Ariel R.

Think about questions Lesson 1:

1. Is our reverence of science justified? Explain

- Reverence, as I understand it, can only be honored to person or being. In as much as we
honor an artist on may reverence the Creator. No matter how far we develop our in our
lives in the understanding of the methods and mechanism that are found in and he
discovers of science there will be forever. There isn’t one shred of observable, testable
evidence to support it. So yes, science is put on pedestal. This should not be the case.
Everyone is biased, and as a result they interpret the data according to that bias. This
should not be the case, but it is.

2. Were we successful so far in trying to tie down technology with what we conceive as
human flourishing?
- Partly, yes. But technology has two sides. The good and the bad. Of course we are
referring to the good side. In this context, technology has brought us a certain sense of
pleasure, but not enough to make us so happy. Maybe in a not too- distant future.

3. What do you think constitutes human flourishing?

- When one thinks of significant accomplishments then one conceives that which “constitutes
human flourishing”. When ides and projects emerge in profusion, then there is “human
flourishing”. Ancient Greece and Renaissance were periods of “human flourishing”. Our
past couples of hundred years or so were an example of “human flourishing”, as we
explored and expanded our ideas of art, science, society, law, governance, etc. Our
problem now is that the very flourishing had been without consideration of the
consequences, so the consequences are now catching up with us. And if we want to
continue flourishing, we must extend it into realm of those aspects of our decisions and
actions that we have neglected, the aspects that might promote our continued survival,
rather than mere extensions of the aspects of the flourishing that we have explored so far,
because mere extension rather than expansion will kill us.
Think about these Questions Lesson 2:

1. What would have happened to humankind if technology did not exist?

- If technology didn’t exist, animals and humans are just the same and stronger one will be the
winner of nature. Human survival is not easy as today against wild life if there is no technology
since human had become. Changes in social organizations, politics, any sort of human
behavior, depends on changes in technology.

2. Do you agree with Martin Heidegger in his idea that technology should only seen as one
of the approaches in perceiving truth? What are other possible approaches we should
consider?
- The correct approach to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger is his own hermeneutic
approach that is what was that Sitz I’m Leben of Heidegger at the time of his writing? The
answer is bound with the history of Nazi Party, of which Heidegger built on the philosophy
of Edmund Husserl. Yet Husserl himself denied it. I am alarmed that this myth endures
because it was founded upon a Nazi fiction. The real reason that Husserl was removed
from his chair of philosophy and replaced by Heidegger was because Husserl was an
ethnic Jew, and Heidegger was a member of the Nazi Party. Heidegger was a critic of
technology, and called for a simpler life, out in the countryside with the German folk. There
is no way that he wanted to see an atomic bomb aimed at Germany. The Berlin wall was
never on his agenda. That is the correct approach to this question, which belongs squarely
in the history.
Think about these Questions Lesson 3:

1. What is the good life?

- The good life is a term for the life that one would like to live, or for happiness, associated
with the work of Aristotle and his teaching on ethics. Eudaimonia is a term that means
happiness and is a central aim of stoic philosophy. . For these things are momentary,
money cannot buy peace, money can buy you goods and lots of goods but the happiness
cause human satisfaction lies in having a strong contact to your creator and nothing can
buy that.

2. What is the relationship between good life and science?

- Everything, science has now shown that goodness can be seen as energy efficiency on a
universal level, with an understanding of energy driven evolution theory we can understand
everything about life and apply it in practice to have the very best life possible.

3. Does technology always lead us to the good life? How and why?
- Technology definitely does make things simpler. It surely has. Things are done within no
time with the help of technology. Is it ordering food, shopping, paying bills, checking, and
admissions, booking tickets and what not? These are just few to mention. You’re able to
connect to thousands of people across the globe because of technology. If not this life
would just be so much complex. But along with this not to forget it has its own demerits as
well. Because nothing in this world is all fancy and great. Everything has its own pros and
cons. It’s up to us. We’ve to make the best utilization and a wise choice. Not to forget being
in our limits.
Think about these Questions Lesson 4:

1. Do people really need technology in their lives? Is it really a necessity?

- That means all or meat needs to be cooked for us to eat. Fire means a burning stick or flint
or something similar to start a fire. Technology, I would guess that the parts of the world
that you could survive on with fruits, vegetable and nuts and like and are not already
occupied by others is about zero. Grains need a grinding stone. As a wild guess, if humans
lost all technology, the world could support only about 1% of the current population.
Probably a lot less.

2. How do you reconcile the ‘need’ for technology and the dilemma/s it faces?
- The only dilemma for me is energy usage and non-recyclable waste, which I mitigate as
best as I can without unduly depriving myself of useful tools or cherished entertainments.
All responsible adults should ensure that their technology usage is not problematic, or at
least no more so than necessary

3. Should there be an ethics of technology?

- However this is faulty thinking. Aristotle taught is his nicomachean ethics that the ultimate
responsibility of man is to be and do that which is good. He stated “we are what we
repeatedly do; excellence, then is not an act but a habit”. In other words, if we train
ourselves properly we will automatically do the right thing and will be ethical in our entire
decision making. Had scientists in the past done this in developing technological advances
we would not have weapons of destruction that exists today.