SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY

AND HUMAN CONDITION

MARY ROSE CADACIO

BS PSY 1201
A. THE HUMAN PERSON FLOURISHING IN TERMS OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
At the end of the chapter, students will have:
1. Better perspective on the purpose of man’s existence and his
purpose in a world driven by technology;
2. More holistic view of the idea that technology is a way of
revealing man’s innate purpose and natural tendencies; and
3. Greater understanding of the fulfillment of man’s destiny as the
ultimate end and maker of all material things to satisfy his
cravings and appetite.
 “ THE ESSENCE OF
TECHNOLOGY IS BY NO
MEANS ANYTHING
TECHNOLOGICAL”
-Martin Heidegger
•Science and Technology are at the forefront of our
society today.
•Much that we do deals with research, progress,
and development in the ever-growing
technological sectors.
•Technology changes us and the world around us in
countless ways.
But why is technology a double-edge sword?
* IT IS BECAUSE IT EMPOWERS BOTH OUR CREATIVE AND
DESTRUCTIVE NATURES. IT HAS COMPLICATIONS AND
HAS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
 CAN DETACH US FROM A
MAKES WORK EASIER MEANINGFUL SENSE OF
WORK
 WHAT CAN CURE DISEASES
CAN ENCOURAGE US TO
VIEW THE HUMAN BODY AS
CURES VARIOUS SOMETHING TO BE
DISEASES ENGINEERED, MODIFIED AND
IMMORTALIZED
PROVIDES ABUNDANT LONG TERM EFFECTS IN
FOOD SUPPY AND THE NATURAL
POTABLE WATER ENVIRONMENT
ENABLES OFTEN CREATES DISTANCE
COMMUNICATION AND BETWEEN OURSELVES
TRAVELS ACROSS THE AND PEOPLE NEAR TO US
GLOBE
HOW SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND AND EVALUATE BOTH
THE PROMISE AND PERIL OF THE THINGS WE CREATE?
Definitely the ethics and morality should not change as a result of new
technologies. It is important to fully understand the basics of human
interaction to make accurate judgments on human flourishing. Human
flourishing is defined as an effort to achieve self-actualization and fulfillment
within the context of a larger community of individuals, each with the right to
pursue his or her own such efforts. It encompasses the uniqueness, dignity,
diversity, freedom, happiness, and holistic well-being of and individual within
the larger family, community, and population. Achieving human flourishing is
a life-long existencial journey of hopes, achievements, regrets, losses,
illnesses, sufferings and copings.
VIEWS OF CATHOLIC AND MUSLIM IN RELATION
WITH TECHNOLOGY
• The human person and the human body are divine gifts
deserving of unconditional respect.
• In both Catholic and Muslim world views, God endowed
human beings with reason as a means to communicate with
one another, to strive after truth, and to care for His
creation.
• Science and technology are recognized as positive in
principle but can also, like human enterprises, serve evil
ends.
 KARL MARX
• A revolutionary socialist that posits that we take decisions
that have unintended consequences and may have an utterly
unpredicted effect.

• “the loss of and subservience to the object, and the

appropriation as alienation.”

• The idea of genetically intervening in the production of

human individuals not only objectifies the human person but
also distorts the individual as a mirror himself (Thomas,
2011).
 ARISTOTLE
• Teaches that man’s life has a purpose and that
the function of one’s life is to attain that purpose.
• States that each human being should use his
abilities to their fullest potential and should
obtain happiness and enjoyment through the
exercise of their realized capacities.
• Contends that human achievements are
animated by purpose and autonomy and that
people should take pride in being excellent at
what they do.
𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝔂𝓸𝓾!
THAT’S ALL