STS LESSON 5-7
Explore the Philosophies of Human Flourishing
Test your knowledge on key concepts of human flourishing, ethics, and the role of science in society with this engaging quiz. Delve into the teachings of Aristotle, the significance of technological evolution, and the intricate concepts that shape our understanding of human life.
- Challenging multiple-choice questions
- Topics include ethics, evolution, and societal development
- Perfect for students and knowledge enthusiasts
Literally "good spirited," is a term coined by renowned Greek philosopher Aristotle to describe the pinnacle of happiness that is attainable by humans.
Eudaimonia
Nichomachean Ethics
Phronesis
Good
The science of the good for human life.
Phronesis
Nichomachean Ethics
Good
Eudaimonia
Implies both good judgment and excellence of character and habits
Good
Phronesis
Eudaimonia
Nichomachean Ethics
New trending means of survival
Technology
Competition
Coordination
Human flourishing
Outdated means of survival
Technology
Competition
Coordination
Human flourishing
A human activity we excel in as a result of achieving science
Good
Truth
Technology
Practical Sciences
Aims eudaimonia as the ultimate good
Great Platonian
Vienna Circle
Social Endeavor
Great Aristotelian
Distinguishes philisophy and sciences
Verification theory
Falsification theory
Thomas Kuhn
Vienna Circle
Group of scholars
Science as social endeavor
MDG
Vienna Circle
Great Platonian
Warned us against bridging the gap between evidence and theory
Martin Heidegger
Plato
Thomas Kuhn
Karl Popper
Proponent of falsification theory
Martin Heidegger
Plato
Thomas Kuhn
Karl Popper
Consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method.
Psychoscience
Pseudoscience
Stoicism
Theism
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
Falsification Theory
Verification Theory
Technology transfer theory
Alienation
Group of scientists working together
Vienna Circle
MDG
Department
Science as Social Endeavor
Ending of a scientific theory
Theory Conclusion
Science and Results
Science and Society
Variables
World leaders, MDG (2000)
Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Development Government
Millennium Department Goals
Millennium Department Gathering
Primary indicator of development
Technology
Society
Growth
Population
Using fire to cook through ccook, through chipping one flint over the other to produce a spark, all the while without realizing the laws of friction and heat
Homo erectus
Homo sapiens
Started to sharpen stones with a knife (wedge)
Homo erectus
Homo sapiens
Offering something of same value present in theirs
Barter
Exchange
Trade
Merchandising
These substances are more durable, malleable, and have more luster than the previous material
Non-metal
Stone
Wood
Metalwork
Primarily used for comfort against harsh winds-our ancestors are able to draw the connection between their being naked and vulnerable due to some lack of fur or protective covering which would otherwise allow them to withstand extreme weather conditions
Fur clothing
Animal skin
Clothes from plants
_________ also necessitated finding additional resources, leading to overhunting and overfishing common prey, some of which were endemic to the area.
Growing population
Formation of communities
Nuclear community
Artisans
__________ caused humans to expand more in territory and more people to feed; large, separate communities hailing from the same ancestors and residing in the same large community paved way for civilizations.
Formation of communities
Nuclear community
Artisans
Growing population
Initially self-sufficient has to accommodate their growing population with reducing resources, leading them to be reliant to other communities' produce which keeps them surviving.
Artisans
Nuclear community
Growing population
Formation of communities
They were able to find and create niches for interests. When they could not sell products, they used their skills and got compensated.
Nuclear community
Growing population
Formation of of communities
Artisans
Aside from the reason that people engage less in combat and are less likely to die in treatable diseases now as opposed to then, science is able to prolong lives by enhancing living status and discovering different remedies to most diseases. Distribution of medicines is also made easier and faster.
Mortality rate
Average lifespan
Gross Domestic Product
Literacy rate
Due to technology, lesser women and children die during birth, assuring robust population and strong workforce. Medical care for premature infants allows them to survive and develop normally, while proper maternal care ensures that mothers can fully recover and remain empowered.
Gross Domestic Product
Literacy rate
Mortality rate
Average lifespan
Access to education provided to more individuals generally creates a more informed public that could determine a more just society.
Average lifespan
Gross Domestic Product
Mortality rate
Literacy rate
Although not an indicator of an average person's lifestyle in a certain country, it is often used to determine the value of the country's goods and services produced within the territory given a certain time period. Higher country income is brought upon by high productivity, often an indicator of presence of technology.
Gross Domestic Product
Average lifespan
Literacy rate
Mortality rate
Modern humans are reliant on technology in their search for the good life.
True
False
According to him, things in this world are not real and are only copies of the real in the world of forms
The entities are only copies of the ideal and the models, and the forms are the only real entities in the world of ______
We see this at work with most people who are clinging on to material wealth as the primary source of the meaning of their existence.
The hedonists, for their part, see the end goal of life in acquiring pleasure. Pleasure has always been the priority of hedonists. For them, life is about obtaining and indulging in pleasure because life is limited.
Another school of thought led by Epicurus, the stoics espoused the idea that to generate happiness, one must learn to distance oneself and be apathetic. The original term, apatheia, precisely means to be indifferent. For the stoics, happiness can only be attained by a careful practice of apathy.
The ultimate basis of happiness for theists is the communion with God. The world where we are in is only just a temporary reality where we have to maneuver around while waiting for the ultimate return to the hands of God.
_________ as another school of thought espouses the freedom of man to carve his own destiny and to legislate his own laws, free from the shackles of a God that monitors and controls. For humanists, man is literally the captain of his own ship.
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