HUMAN

FLOURISHING
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
AND SOCIETY
What is Human Flourishing?
- According to Wikipedia, Flourishing is a state where people
experience positive emotions, positive psychological
functioning and positive social functioning and most of the
time “LIVING”
- It is the highest good of human endeavors towards all
actions according to Aristotle.
What is Happiness?
- It is a mental or emotional state of well being which can be
defined by positive and pleasant emotions.
- To neurologists, it is a form of hormones released in brain as
a prize for behaviour.
ARISTOTLE
- He believes that human flourishing requires a life with other people. That
people needs to acquire certain virtues and beliefs through practice that leads
to one’s natural excellence and happiness.
- “There is an END of all the actions that we perform which we desire for itself.”
- Success and human excellence also defines human flourishing, happiness and
Eudaimonia.
EUDAIMONIA
- Described as the pinnacle of happiness that is attainable by
humans.
- Good spirited
- Phronesis
- Friendship
- Wealth
- Power
PRINCIPLES
>Dignity of the Human Person

>Common Good

>Preferential Option for the Poor

> Subsidiarity

>Universal Purpose of Goods

>Stewardship of Creation

>Promotion of Peace

>Participation

>Global Solidarity
Different Conceptions of
Human Flourishing
EASTERN CONCEPTIONS
- Focus is community-centric
- Utilitarianism
- Chinese Confucian System
- Japanese Bushido
- Encourage studies of literature, sciences and the arts for
greater cause.
WESTERN CONCEPTIONS
- Pragmatism
- Human Flourishing as an END.
- Aristotelian view
- Eudaimonia as the ultimate good
Science and Technology
- Every innovations and developments contributes to the
society and 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.
- Good is connected with the truth.
REFERENCE:
Irish Nicole Roura’s presentation at prezi.com