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Science, Technology and Society

THE GOOD LIFE:


ARISTOTLE
UNDERSTANDING EUDAIMONIA AND VIRTUE ETHICS
ARISTOTLE
Ancient Greek philosopher (384-322 BCE)
student of Plato, tutor to Alexander the Great
Famous for his theory of the “good life,” or
eudaimonia.
He wrote on: physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater,
music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, ethics,
biology, and zoology.
Major works: Nicomachean Ethics, Politics,
Metaphysics
EUDAIMONIA
greek word, state or condition of “good spirit”, and
which is commonly translated as happiness or
welfare.
from the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, describing
the highpoint of happiness that can be attained by
humans.
FRIENDSHIP WEALTH

WISDOM
HUMAN POWER

FLOURISHING
REFINING SCIENCE
TWO MAIN THEORIES

VERIFICATION THEORY
a discipline if it can be confirmed or interpreted in
the event of an alternative hypothesis being
accepted.
premium on empiricism
takes into account those results which are
measurable and experiments which are repeatable.
VERIFICATION THEORY
REFINING SCIENCE
TWO MAIN THEORIES
FALSIFICATION THEORY
ideology is not proven to be false and can best
explain a phenomenon over alternative theories,
we should accept the said ideology.
allowed emergence of theories otherwise rejected
by the verification theory.
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WHAT IS VIRTUE?
excellence in fulfilling one’s function.
plays a significant role in the living and attainment of the
good life.
to have the character traits that enable us to live well
compatibly with other virtuous people living well.
TWO TYPES OF VIRTUE
INTELLECTUAL VIRTUE - wisdom, understanding.

MORAL VIRTUE - courage, temperance, generosity.


THE GOOD LIFE
PLATO’S THEORY
the task of understanding the things in the world runs
parallel with the job of truly getting into what will
make the soul flourish.
an attempt to understand reality and the external
world, man must seek to understand himself, too.
THE GOOD LIFE
PLATO’S THEORY
only be explained by postulating two aspects of
reality, two worlds if you wish: the world of forms and
the world of matter.
he also claims that despite the reality of change,
things remain and they retain their ultimate
"whatness".
ARISTOTLE’S THE GOOD LIFE
according to him, we all want to be happy.
he claims that happiness is the be-all and end-all of everything that
we do. We may not realize it but the end goal of everything that we
do is happiness.
a happy or flourishing life.
happiness consists in achieving, through the course of a whole
lifetime, all the goods — health, wealth, knowledge, friends, etc.
5 GOALS OF GOOD LIFE
1. MATERIALISM
matter is what makes us attain happiness.
most people who are clinging on to material wealth as the primary source
of the meaning of their existence.

2. HEDONISM
end goal of life in acquiring pleasure, “YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE”
Life is about obtaining and indulging in pleasure because life is limited.
"Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.”
3. STOICISM
to generate happiness, one must learn to distance oneself and be
apathetic.
happiness can only be attained by a careful practice of apathy.

4. THEISM
most people find the meaning of their lives using God as a center of their
existence.
ultimate basis of happiness for theists is the communion with God.
5. HUMANISM
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.
ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN
ACHIEVING GOOD LIFE
easy ways of communication
technological advancement in terms of medicine, transportation,
food products, etc.
it continuously satisfies human minds.
“Happiness depends
upon ourselves.”
- Aristotle

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