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    The document discusses the relationship between science, technology, and the human condition. It aims to teach students to understand how technology can control humans if unchecked, while also recognizing technology's role in human flourishing. The document outlines 4 lessons: 1) discusses human flourishing and different philosophies on the topic, 2) views technology as a way of living, 3) explores what constitutes "the good life", and 4) addresses the intersection of technology and humanities. The goal is for students to understand the essence of technology and its effects on human existence and potential for domination.

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    The document discusses the relationship between science, technology, and the human condition. It aims to teach students to understand how technology can control humans if unchecked, while also recognizing technology's role in human flourishing. The document outlines 4 lessons: 1) discusses human flourishing and different philosophies on the topic, 2) views technology as a way of living, 3) explores what constitutes "the good life", and 4) addresses the intersection of technology and humanities. The goal is for students to understand the essence of technology and its effects on human existence and potential for domination.

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    The document discusses the relationship between science, technology, and the human condition. It aims to teach students to understand how technology can control humans if unchecked, while also recognizing technology's role in human flourishing. The document outlines 4 lessons: 1) discusses human flourishing and different philosophies on the topic, 2) views technology as a way of living, 3) explores what constitutes "the good life", and 4) addresses the intersection of technology and humanities. The goal is for students to understand the essence of technology and its effects on human existence and potential for domination.

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    STS and the Human

    Condition
    Overview
    Objectives

    At the end of the lesson the students should able to:


    1. Define and explain the essence of technology.

    2. Understand the human condition and analyze the effects of science


    and technology to this condition.

    3. Perceive the danger of the controlling power technology has over


    human.
    Parts

    Lesson No. Title


    1 The Human Flourishing
    2 Technology as a Way of Living
    3 The Good Life
    4 When Technology and Humanities Cross
    Learning Outcomes
    At the end of this lesson, you
    should be able to:
    Lesson 1: 1. define human flourishing;
    The Human 2. differentiate western and
    Flourishing easter philosophy about
    human flourishing;
    3. cite the importance of
    Human Flourishing.
    “All the world’s a stage,
    And all the men and women
    merely players;
    They have their exits and
    entrances, and one man in
    his time plays many parts…
    - William Shakespeare
    Flourishing
    • The highest good of human attempt to achieve his/her goal.
    Aristotle

    ❑Philosopher

    ❑Born in Greece.

    ❑Lived from 384 BC to 322 BC.

    ❑Eudaimonia
    “good spirit”
    Activity: Aristotle Asks
    Is happiness a destination
    or a journey?
    • The hedonistic view of well-being is that happiness is the
    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. Eudaimonia
    defines happiness as the pursuit of becoming a better
    person.
    Ancient
    Greeks’
    Human
    Flourishing
    Aristotle’s Human Flourishing
    ➢ The good of each species is the
    finality existing to each species.

    ➢ One’s life is the only life that a


    person must live.

    ➢ Each person is responsible for


    his/ her own personal happiness
    and well-being.
    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 in as a result of
    achieving science. (Heidegger)
    ❖ Good is inherently related to the truth.

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