STS and the Human Condition

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What is primarily necessary for humans to achieve happiness according to the content?

  • Strict adherence to societal norms
  • Avoidance of moral dilemmas
  • Continuous acquisition of wealth
  • Use of abilities to their fullest potential (correct)

What does Heidegger suggest is a key aspect of technology?

  • Technology is a mode of being or revealing (correct)
  • Technology is a fundamental aspect of human progress
  • Technology disconnects humans from nature
  • Technology solely serves as a tool for convenience

Which of the following reflects the modern understanding of humans' relationship with technology?

  • Humans blindly follow technological advancements without understanding
  • Humans are eternally bound to technology without choice
  • Humans act purely as masters over technology
  • Humans relate to technology based on a complex emotional and historical context (correct)

Which view explains technology as simply a tool for achieving specific ends?

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Which of the following best describes the concept of Human Flourishing?

<p>An effort to achieve self-actualization within a community context (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'revealing' encompass according to the content?

<p>All the ways humans relate to and understand the world (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does technology impact the perception of work according to the content?

<p>It detaches individuals from the meaningful sense of work (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Karl Marx suggest is necessary for achieving true human flourishing?

<p>Overcoming mechanisms of alienation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the current relationship with nature differ from past views?

<p>Humans now view nature solely as a resource for exploitation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Heidegger, what is the essence of modern technology revealed through?

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What is described as a potential negative consequence of technology?

<p>It can create indifference and distance between people (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the content, what is a key characteristic of the human person?

<p>Humans possess a divine origin deserving respect (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what way is emotion considered in relation to revealing?

<p>Emotion plays a role in how humans reveal their relationship with technology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What role does reason play in human existence based on the document?

<p>It is a tool for communication and truth-seeking (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is alienation in the context of human nature?

<p>The estrangement from aspects of human nature (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT considered a benefit of technology?

<p>Fosters deeper human connections (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does modern technology challenge in relation to nature?

<p>The capability of nature to generate resources (B), The idea of nature as an object of manipulation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is meant by 'standing reserve' in the context of modern technology?

<p>Nature being organized as a resource for human use (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does viewing the world as a calculable coherence of forces imply?

<p>A mechanical and utilitarian approach to reality (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the content, how should humanity relate to nature?

<p>By allowing it to reveal itself through multiple perspectives (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the characteristics of modern technology mentioned in the content?

<p>It challenges nature by demanding calculable resources (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is claimed to dominate the consciousness of humanity in relation to modern technology?

<p>The perspective of viewing everything as a resource (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the content suggest is critical for a richer spiritual experience?

<p>A greater variety of truths about nature (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is identified as the primary problem with modern technology?

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Flashcards

Human Flourishing

The effort to achieve self-actualization and fulfillment within a community.

Alienation (Marx)

The separation of humans from aspects of their nature, preventing true flourishing.

Technology's Double-Edged Sword

Technology can improve lives but also harm in many ways.

Human Dignity

The inherent value and respect owed to each person as a human being.

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Human Reason

The ability of humans to think, communicate, and learn.

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Purpose in Life

The goal or reason for existence.

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Technology Impact

Technology can change society, ease work, cure diseases, and advance knowledge.

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Human Body as Object

The concept that human bodies can be viewed and manipulated as machines rather than a sacred gift

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Technology's Influence on Nature

Our relationship with nature has shifted from stewardship to mastery, viewing it as a resource to be controlled.

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Technology's True Nature

Technology is not just a tool, but a way of revealing and understanding the world around us.

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Instrumental View of Technology

Seeing technology as a tool to achieve a specific goal, focusing on the cause-and-effect relationship.

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Modern Industrial Technology

The essence of modern technology is revealed through factories and industrial processes, representing mass production and control.

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Technology's Essence (Heidegger)

Technology is not something we make, but a way of being or revealing, having its own presence and connections.

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Modern Technology's Unveiling

The process of modern technology revealing nature, not as a source of wonder, but as a set of calculable and exploitable forces.

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Order as Standing Reserve

Modern technology views the world as a resource, 'standing reserve' to be exploited and manipulated by human needs.

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Anthropological View of Technology

Understanding technology as a human activity and its connection to the world, involving revealing and truth.

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Challenging Nature

Modern technology demands that nature provide energy that can be extracted and stored, putting pressure on it to fulfill human needs.

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Revealing (Heidegger)

Technology is more than just knowledge, it involves all ways we relate to the world, including emotional responses and understanding.

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The Enframing

The essence of modern technology, where it seeks to control and order nature as a resource, rather than appreciating its inherent value.

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Dominance of Technology

The danger of modern technology lies in its dominance, viewing everything through a ‘technological' lens, reducing the world solely to calculable forces.

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Variety of Truth

Humanity needs to experience the world through different lenses, appreciating beauty, poetry, and religion, not just through the calculations of technology.

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The Real Problem

The real problem with technology is not the technology itself, but the domination of a single way of revealing the world.

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Alternate Ways of Revelation

To overcome technology's dominance, we should embrace other ways of revealing and interacting with the world, allowing it to reveal itself in all its diversity.

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Study Notes

STS and the Human Condition

  •  Study explores the impact of science and technology (STS) on human flourishing.
  •  Start-up activity involves describing the human person, their role in the universe, technology's role, and fulfilling one's ultimate destiny.
  •  Technology's essence is not technological, according to Martin Heidegger.
  •  A question posed is how technology changes us and the world around us.
  •  Technology makes work easier, cures diseases (medical advancements), improves food and water supply, enhances communication and travel, expands knowledge, and provides entertainment and leisure.
  •  Technology is a double-edged sword, empowering both creative and destructive aspects of human nature.
  •  Technology can detach us from the meaningful sense of work.
  •  The human body can be seen as an object for engineering, modification, and immortality.
  •  Technology can cause indifference and distance between people.
  •  Basic principles of morality and ethics should remain unchanged despite new technologies.
  •  Human flourishing involves achieving self-actualization and fulfilling one's potential within a larger community.
  •  Flourishing includes but is not limited to: uniqueness, dignity, diversity, freedom, happiness, and holistic well-being.
  •  It involves a life-long pursuit of hopes, achievements, suffering, regrets, losses, illnesses, and resilience.
  •  Humans originate from a divine source.
  •  The human person and body are divine gifts requiring unconditional respect.
  •  Humans are endowed by God with reason to communicate, seek truth, and care for creation.

Karl Marx

  • Humans are inherently social beings.
  • True human flourishing comes from overcoming alienation (estrangement from aspects of human nature).

Aristotle

  • Each person has a purpose and function in life; attaining that purpose is the goal of life.

Purpose of Life

  •  Earthly happiness
  •  Flourishing

Achieving Purpose

  •  Reason & virtue acquisition
  •  Using abilities to the fullest potential yields happiness and enjoyment.
  •  Human nature involves a desire and capacity to understand truth, pursue moral excellence, and instantiate ideals through action.

Technology as Revealing

  •  Technology is more than a mere method; it's a way of revealing truth.
  •  A different perspective on technology reveals a wider concept of understanding it.
  •  Technology's relationship with nature has changed; before it was as stewards, now as master and slave.
  •  Two ways of understanding technology: instrumental (means to an end) & human activity (anthropological view).

Modern Technology

  •  Challenges nature by demanding resources like energy.
  •  Nature's existence is recognized through its manipulation.
  •  Approaching nature as an object of research to reveal and order the world as standing reserve.
  •  Enframing: gathering together, setting upon humans, and challenging them to reveal the actual through ordering as standing reserve.

Problems with Modern Technology

  •  Dominance of the technological way of revealing.

  •  Viewing the world solely as a resource through a scientific lens, neglecting alternate revelations and experiences.

  •  This perspective limits human understanding and potential.

  •  There are alternate methods of understanding the world; aesthetics, poetry, and morality have value.

  •  To be richer in spirit, one must experience a wider range of truths.

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