Chapter 2- Lesson 1

Human Flourishing

By: Annalie S. Bejoc

 Lesson Objectives
 Identify different conceptions of human
flourishing
 Determine the development of scientific
method & the validity of science.
 Critic human flourishing vis-a-vis
progress of S&T to be able to define
themselves the meaning of a good life.
 Human Flourishing
 Eudaimonia , “good spirited”, a
term coined by Greek philosopher,
Aristotle (385-323 BC).
 Describes the pinnacle of
happiness that is attainable by
humans.
 Eudaimonia translated into human
flourishing.
 Nichomachean Ethics
 The name formally given to
Aristotle's best known work on
ethics.
 It is also the most influential book of
the moral philosophy.
 Human Flourishing
 Aristotle’s Human Flourishing:
is a result of different components such as:
phronesis,
friendship,
wealth &
power.
 Human Flourishing
 SOCIETAL CHANGE

changes ELEMENTS of human flourishing

Comfortable life, travel, more products,

more money
 Human Flourishing
Man of the World

Global Neighborhood

COMPETITION as a means of SURVIVAL

COORDINATION new TREND

 Human Flourishing
WESTERN CIVILIZATION

INDIVIDUAL

EASTERN CIVILIZATION

COMMUNITY-CENTRIC
 Human Flourishing
 Chinese Confucian System
 Human Flourishing
 Bushido (武士道 Bushidō), meaning "way
of the warrior," is a Japanese code of
conduct and a way of life, associated with
the Samurai, and loosely analogous to the
Western concept of chivalry. It is also
known as the Samurai code and was
influenced by the teachings of Zen
Buddhism as well as Confucianism.
 Human Flourishing
 overall it
played an
important
role in the
disseminat
ion of
moral
virtue and
the moral
edification
of
Japanese
society.
 ST & HUMAN FLOURISHING

Technology is
a human
activity that
we excel in
as a result of
achieving
science.
Martin Heidegger
 ST & HUMAN FLOURISHING

 Technology continuous to exist because

of the brilliance,
creativeness and the power of
mind.
 Science as Method and Results
 In a pedestal
untouchable by other
institutions.
 Sole claim to Reason
and Empiricism.
 2 distinct features
Experimentation &
Empiricism: Give
science edge over
other schools of
thought.
 Verification Theory
 Earliest criterion that distinguishes
Philosophy and Science.
 Proposes that a discipline is a Science if it
can be confirmed or interpreted in the
event of alternative hypothesis being
accepted.
 Gives premium to empiricism.
 Takes into account results that are
measurable & experiments which are
repeatable.
 Verification Theory
 Group of scholars,
believed that only
those which can be
observe should be
regarded as
MEANINGFUL &
REJECT those which
cannot be directly
accessed as
MEANINGLESS.
Vienna Circle
 Verification Theory

 Einstein’s
Gravitational
Waves:
 Verification Theory
RERWIN SCHRODINGER

QUANTUM MECHANICS

QQUANTUM MEC HANICS

 VERIFICATION
ASTROLOGY THEORY
 Verification theory is already biased,
because one already has some sort
of expectations on what to find.
 Evidence and Theory
Thomas Kuhn

On Bridging
the GAP
between evidence &
theory.
Falsification Theory
Karl Popper
 Science as a Social Endeavor

 It perpetuates a
dimension which
generally benefits
the society.
 Manifestation of
shared experiences
forging solidarity
over communities.
 Science as a Social Endeavor
 Uncontacted
Tribes also known
as isolated people
or lost tribes.
 Mostly found in
South America,
Central Africa and
New Guinea.
Number of Uncontacted Tribes
 Science And Results

 Results are not

always reliable.
 Science does
not monopolize
the claim for
definite results.
 Science as Education
 There are experiments have lost objectivity &
thus credence have lost.
 There are people who prefer science-
inclined students over those who are less
adept.
• Entrance exams in High Schools & College
students have parts dedicated to Science&
Mathematics.
• STEM is more popular, Accountancy &
Business is closed second.
 Science as Education
 Educational System can hone
& preserve student’s capacity
to entertain other options.
 Reinforce imagination, &
allow some level of
unorthodoxy.
 Aristotle’s Eudaimonia;
Person is required to be
knowledgeable about
Science, among other
things of equal
importance.
 Like linguistic, kinetic,
artistic and socio-civic.
Millenium Development Goals
 The 8 goals with measurable targets
& clear deadlines improving the lives
of the world's poorest people.
 Leaders of 189 countries signed the
historic millennium declaration of the UN
in the year 2000.
 How Much Is Too Much?
 Growth is the
primary indicator
of development.
- Growth is not
infinite.
Too much growth
consumes our
country’s
resource.
 How Much Is Too Much?
 The rapid pace
of technological
growth
- Allows no room
for nature to
recuperate
Resulting in
exploitation &
irreversible
damage to
nature.
 Joseph Hickel- contemplated on
suggesting that developed countries
should not pushed more growth but
adapt dedevelopment or else
everybody loses.