STS - Module 5.pdf

# Don Honorio Ventura State University ## College of Engineering and Architecture ### STS and the Human Condition # Human Flourishing - *** # Eudaimonia * "good spirited" * Aristotle * The pinnacle of happiness attainable by humans # Human Flourishing: A. Aristotle: - *** * **Aristotle** *...

# Don Honorio Ventura State University ## College of Engineering and Architecture ### STS and the Human Condition # Human Flourishing - *** # Eudaimonia * "good spirited" * Aristotle * The pinnacle of happiness attainable by humans # Human Flourishing: A. Aristotle: - *** * **Aristotle** * **Nichomachean Ethics** * **Phronesis** * **Friendship** * **Power** * **Wealth** * **Happiness (P)** * **Happiness (N)** * Live comfortably * Explore more places * Make more money * Develop more products # Human Flourishing: Towards Eudaimonia: - *** * **Man of the World** * No more competition * Coordination is the new trend! # Eastern vs. Western Perspectives - *** ## Eastern * Community-centric * Individual should sacrifice himself for the society * Chinese Confucian system & Japanese Bushido * Encourages studies of Literature, Sciences, and art for a greater cause ## Western * Individualistic * Human Flourishing as an end * Aristotelian view * Aims for Eudaimonia as the ultimate goal # Science, Technology, & 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. # Science: Methods & Results - *** # Falsification Theory * As long as it is not yet proven to be false, we should not reject the said ideology. # Science as a Social Endeavor - *** * Science helps us to connect ourselves with the different cultures. # Science as a Result - *** * Science is not foolproof, and it does not claim for definite results. # Science as an Education - *** * Entrance exams in the secondary and tertiary levels.