1) Discuss Aristotle's notion of eudaimonia.

2. Is the knowledge of science and technology enough in order for human societies to

achieve eudaimonia? Why or Why not?

3. Discuss the concept of technology as a way of revealing human truth.

4. Is it correct to pattern human growth and development to the acceptable reasons and

standards of science and technology? Why or Why not?

 

1. It is significant that synonyms for eudaimonia are living well and doing well. On the standard English translation, this would be to say that 'happiness is doing well and living well'.
2. No or not yet. Contentment. The struggling word that could be used to describe the good life or eudaimonia of the people in the society and it is quite until now hard to inculcate to us particularly in the scientific views.
3. By entering into a particular relation with reality, reality is 'revealed' in a specific way. And this is where technology comes in, since technology is the way of revealing that characterises our time.
4. As humans grow and develop, the connection it creates to understanding the reasons and standards of science and technology becomes strong. Let us take this into a bigger picture wherein as the society grows and develops, its view of science and technology change or evolved and as a result a new and more acceptable propositions or concepts about science and technology is born.

Step-by-step explanation

1. The philosopher Aristotle used it as a broad concept to describe the highest good humans could strive toward - or a life 'well lived'. In his Nicomachean Ethics, (1095a15-22) Aristotle says that eudaimonia means 'doing and living well'. It is significant that synonyms for eudaimonia are living well and doing well. On the standard English translation, this would be to say that 'happiness is doing well and living well'. Though scholars translated eudaimonia as 'happiness' for many years, there are clear differences. For Aristotle, eudaimonia was achieved through living virtuously - or what you might describe as being good. This doesn't guarantee 'happiness' in the modern sense of the word. In fact, it might mean doing something that makes us unhappy, like telling an upsetting truth to a friend.
2. Contentment. The struggling word that could be used to describe the good life or eudaimonia of the people in the society and it is quite until now hard to inculcate to us particularly in the scientific views. We can say quite reasonably that a good life generally is one that is at least minimally capable of enabling a person or a society in general to attain self-fulfilment, well-being or happiness. Therefore, as of now, the knowledge of science and technology isn't enough in order for human societies to achieve eudaimonia. The growing and continuing advancement of science and technology explains that we are still on the process of achieving eudaimonia. However, the attainment of eudaimonia is what drives science and technology to continue evolving.
3. The concept of technology as a way of revealing human truth was discussed by Martin Heidegger. By entering into a particular relation with reality, reality is 'revealed' in a specific way. And this is where technology comes in, since technology is the way of revealing that characterises our time. Technology embodies a specific way of revealing the world, a revealing in which humans take power over reality. While the ancient Greeks experienced the 'making' of something as 'helping something to come into being' - as Heidegger explains by analysing classical texts and words - modern technology is rather a 'forcing into being'. Technology reveals the world as raw material, available for production and manipulation.
4. Yes. Along the human growth and development, the way we accept the reasons and standards of science and technology is changing or oftentimes, evolving. As such, science encompasses the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment, and technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. As humans grow and develop, the connection it creates to understanding the reasons and standards of science and technology becomes strong. Let us take this into a bigger picture wherein as the society grows and develops, its view of science and technology change or evolved and as a result a new and more acceptable propositions or concepts about science and technology is born. The role that science and technology has played in improving the life conditions across the globe is vivid, but the benefit has to been harvested maximum by all countries. Furthermore, science and technology has made life a lot easier and also a lot better such as with the advancement of medicines and analysis on diseases.