HUMAN FLOURISHING

REPORTER

BELARDE, KYLA JOY LUMOGDANG, ZAIRAH MAE

 LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

1 Identify different conceptions

of human flourishing;
Critic human flourishing
vis-a-vis progress of
3 science and technology to
be able to define for
Determine the development of themselves the meaning
2 the scientific method and of a good life
validity of science; and
FLOURISHING

A state where people experience

positive emotions.

Positive psychological functioning and

positive social functioning.

Most of the time, “living within an

optimal range of human functioning”.
 HUMAN FLOURISHING
An effort to achieve self-
Involves the rational use
of one’s individual
human potentialities.
Including talents,
abilities, and virtues in
the pursuit of his/her
freely and rationally
chosen values and goals.
actualization and
fulfillment within the
context of a larger
community.
Each has the right to
pursue his or her own
such efforts.
 WHAT IS HAPPINESS?
In Psychology, happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which
can be defined by among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging
from contentment to intense joy.

To behaviorists, happiness is a cocktail of emotions we experience or when

we do something good or positive.
 WHAT IS HAPPINESS?
To neurologists, happiness is the experience of a flood of hormones
released in the brain as a reward for behavior that prolongs survival.

The hedonistic view of well-being is that happiness is the polar 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.
 Aristotle believed that human flourishing requires a
life with other people.

Aristotle believed that people acquire virtues

through practice and that a set of concrete virtues
could lead a person toward his natural excellence
and happiness.

According to Aristotle, there is an end of all the

actions that we perform which we desire for itself.

ARISTOTLE
 EUDAIMONIA

 FROM NICOMACHEAN ETHICS

(PHILOSOPHICAL INTO THE NATURE OF
THE GOOD LIFE FOR A HUMAN BEING.)
 “GOOD SPIRITED”
HUMAN FLOURISHING ARISES AS A
RESULT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS  COINED BY ARISTOTLE
SUCH AS:
 “HUMAN FLOURISHING”
PHRONESIS
FRIENDSHIP
WEALTH
POWER  DESCRIBES THE PINNACLE OF HAPPPINESS
THAT IS ATTAINABLE BY HUMANS.
EUDAIMONIA
In ancient Greek society, they believe that acquiring
these will surely bring the seekers happiness.

As time changes, elements that comprise human

flourishing changed.

People found means to live more comfortably, explore

more places, develop more products, and make more
money.

Humans of today are expected to become “man of the

world”. Supposed to situate himself in a global
neighborhood, working side by side among institutions
& the government to be able to reach a common goal.
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN FLOURISHING

Dignity of Human person-innate personal values or rights which demands

respect for all people, regardless of race, social class, wealth etc.

Common Good – sacrificing self-interest to provide for the basic human

needs of everyone makes the whole community flourish.

Preferential Option for the Poor – when decisions are made by first
considering the poor.

Subsidiarity – when all those affected by a decision are involved in making it.

Universal Purpose of Goods – the Earth’s resources serve every person’s needs
regardless of who “owns” them.
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN FLOURISHING

Stewardship of Creation – duty to care for the Earth as a ( God-given) gift is

a personal responsibility for the common good.

Promotion of Peace – everyone has the duty to respect and collaborate in

personal relationships, and at national and global levels.

Participation – everyone has the right and the duty to take part in the life of
a society ( economic, political, cultural, religious).

Global Solidarity – recognition that we are all interconnected, part of one

human family.
 DIFFERENT CONCEPTION OF HUMAN FLOURISHING

EASTERN WESTERN

Focus is community-centric. More focused on the individual.

Individual should sacrifice himself Human flourishing as an end.
for the sake of society.
Aristotelian view.
Chinese Confucian system.
Aims for eudaimonia as the
Japanese Bushido. ultimate good.

Encourage studies of literature,

sciences, and art for a greater cause.
 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 as a result of achieving

science.

Good is inherently related to the truth.

 SCIENCE AS METHOD AND RESULTS

Science’s reputation stems from the objectivity brought upon by an

arbitrary, rigid methodology whose very character absolves it from
any accusation of prejudice.

In school, the scientific method is introduced. Even though the

number of steps varies, it presents a general idea of how to do
science.
1. Observe
2. Determine the problem
3. Formulate Hypothesis
4. Conduct experiment
5. Gather and analyze
6. Formulate conclusion and provide recommendation
 VERIFICATION THEORY

The earliest criterion that distinguishes philosophy and science.

Proposes that a discipline is science if it can be confirmed or

interpreted in the event of an alternative hypothesis being
accepted.

This theory gives premium to empiricism and only takes into

account those results which are measurable and experiments which
are repeatable.
 FALSIFICATION THEORY

Asserts that as long as an ideology is not proven to be false

and can best explain a phenomenon over alternative theories,
we should accept the said ideology.

This theory allowed emergence of theories otherwise rejected

by verification theory.

It does not promote ultimate adoption of one theory but

instead encourages research in order to determine which
among the theories can stand the test of falsification.

KARL POPPER
 SCIENCE AS A SOCIAL ENDEAVOR

Several Philosophers such as Paul Thagard, Imre Lakatos, Helen Longino, David Bloor, and
Richard Rorty, among others presented an alternative demarcation that explores the social
dimension of science and effectively, technology.

Sciences cease to belong solely to grown wearing, bespectacled scientists at laboratories.

The new view perpetuates a dimension which generally benefits the society.

SCIENCE AND RESULTS

Science is not entirely foolproof, such that it is correct 100 percent of the time.

SCIENCE AS EDUCATION
There is no such thing as singular scientific method, offering instead a variety of procedures
that scientists can experiment with to get results and call them science.
 HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

In 200, world leaders signed the Millennium Development Goals

(MDG) that targets eight concerns, one of which states that they
should be able to forge a global partnership for development.

Inasmuch as the institutes imposing them do so in good faith, the

primary goal to achieve growth for all might prove to be fatal in
the long run.

Economists believe that growth is the primary indicator of

development, as both go hand in hand, and has put forth their
resources in trying to achieve such.

Technology has been the primary instrument in enabling them

to pursue said goal, utilizing resources, machineries, and labor.
 SUMMARY

 Human flourishing is defined as being “good spirited” in the

classical Aristotelian notion.
 Humans generally have a notion on what it means to flourish;
albeit in the advent of science and technology, they chose to
hinge their ends alongside the latter’s results.
 While it is true that science equips its knowers some details about the
world, its main claim to objectivity and systematic methodology is at
the very least flawed.

 However, that does not stop institutions to favor those who

excel in discipline.
 Finally, the economic perception of enrichment, otherwise
known as growth, is heavily fueled by technology and should be
impeded. We have to rethink of our perception of a good life
apart from one presented in regard.
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