Sciene, Technology, and Society

• The good life


  The pursuit of contentment and happiness, but the definition varies significantly from one person to another
• Defining the good life

  • Requires reflection on: 1) What standard could be used to define "THE GOOD LIFE?" 2) How can the standard serve as a guide toward living the good life in the midst of scientific progress and technological advancement?
• Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics


  An ethical basis that is not dictated by science itself, as posited by C.S. Lewis
• Nichomachean Ethics


  The foundation consists of ten books, believed to have originated as lecture notes written on scrolls during Aristotle's teaching at the Lyceum
• Eudaimonia


  The ultimate human good and flourishing, according to Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, involving living virtuously and cultivating qualities such as wisdom and courage to achieve a life of purpose and excellence
• Eudaimonia


  • Uniquely human because it involves the realization of human excellence and the fulfillment of one's potential, as humans possess the capacity for rational thought and moral deliberation
• Living things have different degrees of soul, with humans possessing the rational soul that allows for theoretical and practical intellect
• The good life


  To live a happy life by living a life of virtue, as eudaimonia defines the good life for Aristotle
• The good life, as seen through eudaimonia, means being happy, healthy, and prosperous in how you think, live, and act, involving developing virtues, having good thoughts, and building character
• William Nelson Joy is an American computer engineer and venture capitalist who co-founded Sun Microsystems
• In his article, Joy warned against the rapid rise of new technologies, such as genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics, which can potentially bring out new classes of accidents, threats, and abuses
• Theodore Kaczynski's "Unabomber Manifesto" describes that the unintended consequences of the design and use of technology are clearly related to Murphy's Law "anything that can go wrong will go wrong"
• John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid accused Joy of being a Neo-Luddite, someone who rejects new technologies and shows technophobic learnings
• The good life


  The pursuit of contentment and happiness, but the definition varies significantly from one person to another
• Defining the good life

  • Necessary to reflect on: 1) What standard could be used to define "THE GOOD LIFE?" 2) How can the standard serve as a guide toward living the good life in the midst of scientific progress and technological advancement?
• C.S Lewis posited that science must be guided by some ethical basis that is not dictated by science itself
• Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics


  The foundation consists of ten books, believed to have originated as lecture notes written on scrolls during Aristotle's teaching at the Lyceum
• Eudaimonia


  According to Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, represents the ultimate human good and flourishing. It involves living virtuously, cultivating qualities such as wisdom and courage, to achieve a life of purpose and excellence.
• Eudaimonia


  • Uniquely human because it involves the realization of human excellence and the fulfillment of one's potential. Humans possess the capacity for rational thought and moral deliberation, allowing them to pursue virtues such as wisdom, courage, and justice.
• To live a good life is to live a happy life
• Eudaimonia is what defines the good life for Aristotle
• For Aristotle, eudaimonia is only possible by living a life of virtue
• The good life


  Being happy, healthy, and prosperous in how you think, live, and act. Achieving the good life involves developing virtues, having good thoughts, and building character, which help balance between doing too much and too little.
• Living a virtuous life leads to happiness, which is what the good life is all about
• William Nelson Joy


  An American computer engineer and venture capitalist. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and served as Chief Scientist and CTO at the company until 2003.
• William Nelson Joy wrote an article in April 2000 warning against the rapid rise of new technologies
• Joy's warning


  • 21st-century technologies - genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics (GNR) - are becoming very powerful that they can potentially bring out new classes of accidents, threats, and abuses.
• Theodore Kaczynski's "Unabomber Manifesto" described that the unintended consequences of the design and use of technology are clearly related to Murphy's Law "anything that can go wrong will go wrong"
• John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid accused Joy as a Neo-Luddite, someone who rejects new technologies and shows technophobic learnings
• • DEGREES OF SOULD of Humans
• DEGREES OF SOULD of Animals
• DEGREES OF SOULD of Plants
• LIVING THINGS with the Degrees of soul of Rational