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This document discusses the concepts of human flourishing and the progress of science and technology. It begins by outlining Aristotle's view of human flourishing as arising from qualities like practical wisdom, friendship, wealth and power. It then contrasts modern views of human flourishing, which emphasize becoming "a man of the world" rather than competition. The document examines different civilizational approaches to individualism vs community and different views of human flourishing. It discusses science, technology and their relationship to human flourishing. Key theories in the philosophy of science like verification, falsification and views of science as a social endeavor are summarized. The document closes by questioning unchecked growth and consumption and how much is enough to flourish.

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Lesson 6 Human Flourishing Updated

This document discusses the concepts of human flourishing and the progress of science and technology. It begins by outlining Aristotle's view of human flourishing as arising from qualities like practical wisdom, friendship, wealth and power. It then contrasts modern views of human flourishing, which emphasize becoming "a man of the world" rather than competition. The document examines different civilizational approaches to individualism vs community and different views of human flourishing. It discusses science, technology and their relationship to human flourishing. Key theories in the philosophy of science like verification, falsification and views of science as a social endeavor are summarized. The document closes by questioning unchecked growth and consumption and how much is enough to flourish.

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HUMAN FLOURISHING

Hassanal Peuto Abusama, MAT


CTE SKSU-ACCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Critique human flourishing vis-à-vis the
progress of science and technology so that
student can define for himself/herself the
meaning of the good life.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Students can write a reflection paper on
human flourishing through artworks
(researched or personally made) that
reveals Human person in the face of
modern technology.
Aristotle (385-323 BC) – Human Flourishing

• Eudaimonia – means good spirited


• HF- Arises as a result of different components
such as phronesis, friendship, wealth and power.
(Nichomachean Ethics)
• They believe that acquiring these qualities will
surely bring the seekers happiness, which in
effect allows them to partake in the greater
notion of what we call the GOOD.
• Our concept of human flourishing today proves to be
different from what Aristotle originally perceived then –
humans of today are expected to become a “man of the
world”.
• Competition as a means of survival has become passé,
coordination is the new trend.
WESTERN CIVILATION EATERN CIVILIZATION

MORE FOCUSED ON THE MORE COMMUNITY-CENTRIC


INDIVIDUAL
C O M M U N I T Y TA K E S T H E
INDIVIDUAL GROWTH HIGHEST REGARD THAT THE
INDIVIDUAL SHOULD
SACRIFICE HIMSELF FOR
THE SAKE OF THE SOCIETY.

HF AS AN END IS PRIMARILY
MORE OF CONCERN FOR
WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN
FLOURISHING

• One of the most prevalent themes is human’s perpetual


need to locate himself in the world by finding proofs to
trace evolution.
• Technology is a human activity that we excel in as a
result of achieving science.
• The end goals of both science and technology and
human flourishing are related, in that the end good is
inherently related to the truth.
Science as Method and Results

• Scientific Method
• Observe
• Determine the problem
• Formulate hypothesis
• Conduct experiment
• Gather and analyze
• Formulate conclusion and provide recommendation
Verification Theory

• Idea proposes that a discipline is science if it can be confirmed


or interpreted in the event of an alternative hypothesis being
accepted.
• Empiricism – only accounts those results which are measurable
and experiments which are repeatable.
• Proved to be somewhat too risky – there are some theories that
lack empirical results like Einstein’s Theory on the existence of
Gravitation.
Falsification Theory (Karl Popper)

• 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.
• Determine which among the theories can stand the test
of falsification.
• Presents certain danger by interpreting an otherwise
independent evidence in light of their pet theory.
• There is no assurance that observable event or
“evidences” are indeed manifestations of a
certain concept or “theories”.
• Thus, even though, theoretically, falsification
method is more accepted, scientists are still not
convinced that it should be regarded as what
makes a discipline scientific.
SCIENCE AS A SOCIAL ENDEAVOR

• Science cease to belong solely to gown-wearing,


bespectacled scientists at laboratory. The new view
perpetuates a dimension which generally benefits the
society.
• No form of science is way inferior to that of globalized
people’s science.
SCIENCE AND RESULTS

• Science is not the only discipline which is able to


produce results – religion, luck and human randomness
are some of its contemporaries in the field.
• For some communities without access to science, they
can turn to divination and superstition and still get the
same results.
SCIENCE AND RESULTS

• Science is not entirely foolproof, such that it is 100% of


the time.
• Science does not monopolize the claim for definite
results.
SCIENCE AS EDUCATION

• There are distinct portion in entrance exams in the


secondary and tertiary levels that are dedicated to
science and mathematics.
• Science High School in the Philippines
• S T E M ( S c i e n c e , Te c h n o l o g y, E n g i n e e r i n g a n d
Mathematics)
SCIENCE AS EDUCATION

• How is science perceived by those who graduated from


this field?
• How to defend Society against Science? (A student,
graduated from a science high school made to report this
topic)
A true eudaimon recognizes that flourishing
requires one to excel in various dimensions, such
as linguistic, kinetic, artistic, and socio-civic. Thus,
he understands that he should not focus on one
aspect alone.
HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

• Growth presents an illusory notion of sustainability –


the world’s resources can only provide so much, it
cannot be expected to stretch out for everybody’s
consumption over a long period of time.
Clive Staples Lewis
1898-1963
THE MAGICIAN’S TWIN is a must-see
trilogy of short programs by the Discovery
Institute applying some brilliant insights and
arguments from C.S. Lewis to expose the
fallacies of scientism and evolution and
to promote the reasonableness of
Intelligent Design. Based on a book of
essays, THE MAGICIAN’S TWIN is a very good
series, done on a small budget that shows real
science points to the God of the
Universe.

https://www.movieguide.org/reviews/the-magicians-twin.html
The Magician’s Twin Guide
Questions:
1. What is scientism and scientocracy?
2. How is science comparable to magic?
3. Why is science more dangerous than magic?
4. What is the presented essence of modernity and its
consequence?
5. What do we need for the sciences to be good?
Scientism
ü The belief or ideology that science is the best or only test for truth of any kind.
ü Science as power where science becomes the dictator of the culture.
religion
science magic credulity
power
Scientocracy
ü The practice of basing public policies on science.
ü A government of the people, but informed by scientists.
C.S. Lewis and the Case Against
Scientism, explores Lewis’s prophetic
concerns about the misuse of science to
“abolish” man and to undermine personal
freedoms and human dignity.

http://www.cslewisweb.com/category/the-magicians-twin-film/
-written on September 2015
Main strategy for eradicating
poverty
– Growth
– More growth – according to Orthodox
economists

Scientists are now telling us that we’re blowing past planetary


boundaries at breakneck speed.
Economist Peter Edward argues that instead of pushing
poorer countries to “catch up” with rich ones, we
should be thinking of ways to get rich countries to
“catch down” to more appropriate levels of
development.
Rich countries Excess income Higher life
and consumption expectancies?

Higher literacy
rates?

Higher
happiness
indicators?

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Is it possible to ‘de-develop’
rich countries?
Theory of Progress

ü Buen vivir
ü How much is enough?
- Robert and Edward Skidelsky

Requires reaching a higher level of understanding and


consciousness about what we’re doing here and why.
Reaction Paper

– Read Hickels Article and make a reaction paper with 300-


500 words in a short bond paper. Aerial 12, normal
margin, double space.
– https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-
professionals-network/2015/sep/23/developing-poor-
countries-de-develop-rich-countries-sdgs
Reflection by Pair

Weave together the philosophy of Lewis and


Hickel in the concept of human flourishing in
the progress of science and technology . Use
a short bond paper. (Computerized) Arial 11

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