STS and the Human

Condition
Overview
Objectives

At the end of the lesson the students should able to:

1. Define and explain the essence of technology.

2. Understand the human condition and analyze the effects of science

and technology to this condition.

3. Perceive the danger of the controlling power technology has over

human.
 Parts

Lesson No. Title

1 The Human Flourishing
2 Technology as a Way of Living
3 The Good Life
4 When Technology and Humanities Cross
 Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lesson, you
should be able to:
Lesson 1: 1. define human flourishing;
The Human 2. differentiate western and
Flourishing easter philosophy about
human flourishing;
3. cite the importance of
Human Flourishing.
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women
merely players;
They have their exits and
entrances, and one man in
his time plays many parts…
- William Shakespeare
Flourishing
• The highest good of human attempt to achieve his/her goal.
 Aristotle

❑Philosopher

❑Born in Greece.

❑Lived from 384 BC to 322 BC.

❑Eudaimonia
“good spirit”
Activity: Aristotle Asks
Is happiness a destination
or a journey?
• The hedonistic view of well-being is that happiness is the
opposite of suffering; the presence of happiness indicates
the absence of pain.

• Eudaimonia, a term that combines the Greek words for

"good" and "spirit" to describe the ideology. Eudaimonia
defines happiness as the pursuit of becoming a better
person.
Ancient
Greeks’
Human
Flourishing
Aristotle’s Human Flourishing
➢ The good of each species is the
finality existing to each species.

➢ One’s life is the only life that a

person must live.

➢ Each person is responsible for

his/ her own personal happiness
and well-being.
 Science, Technology and
Human Flourishing
❖ Every discovery, innovation, and success contributes to our pool
of human knowledge.
❖ Human’s perpetual need to locate himself in the world by
finding proofs to trace evolution.
❖ Elicits our idea of self-importance.
❖ Technology is a human activity we excel in as a result of
achieving science. (Heidegger)
❖ Good is inherently related to the truth.