Lesson 7 The Good Life (Science, Technology & Society).pdf

Science, Technology & Society

1. THE
GOOD
LIFE
Lesson 7

2. What is the Good Life?

3. The Good Life
1.The Moral Life
(Socrates and Plato)
2.The Fulfilled Life
(Aristotle)
3.The Life of Pleasure
(Epicurus)
There are three dominant ideas on what good life is:

4. A Moral Life is a Good Life (Socrates and Plato)
•One who has a good life is someone
who possesses and practices most
of the important virtues such as
kindness, courage, loyalty and
generosity.
The Good Life

5. •Examining, reflecting, and
questioning the nature of things is
important to have a good life.
•Servitude to other is important.
•Also, one must control his or her
passions and desires through
reason in order to have a good life.
A Moral Life is a Good Life (Socrates and Plato)
The Good Life

6. For someone to have a good life, he or she:
1.Must be morally virtuous;
2.Have a good health and long life;
3.Should be prosperous;
4.Must have good friends;
5.Should respect others;
6.Must have good luck; and
7.Must use his or her talents, abilities and
capacities
The fulfilled Life is a good life (Aristotle)
The Good Life

7. •This concept was suggested by Epicurus.
•This concept states that life is worth
living because of pleasures.
•The view that pleasures will lead to good
life known as hedonism.
A life of pleasure is a good life (Epicurus)
The Good Life

8. Epicurus recognized all kinds of pleasures
such as wealth, sexual pleasures and fame.
However, Epicurus also believed that one
should not lose himself/herself to
pleasures.
The Good Life

9. Epicurus believed that one should not lose
himself/herself to pleasures because:
1.This will diminish one’s pleasures in the
long run;
2.There are other more important
pleasures to consider such as friendship
and education; and
3.Everyone should live a virtuous life
The Good Life

10. Disregarding the hedonistic approach,
a good life is the integration of these
three aspects: self-mastery,
contemplation and learning and
servitude to society.
The Three Aspects of Good Life
The Good Life

11. Happiness as the Goal of a Good Life
John Stuart Mill
•Declared the Greatest Happiness
Principle
•An action is right as far as it
maximizes the attainment of
happiness for the greatest number
of people.

12. Schools of thought (all of aim for the good and happy
life:
1.Materialism
2.Hedonism
3.Stoicism
4.Theism
5.Humanism
Happiness as the Goal of a Good Life

13. 1.Materialism
(Democritus and Leucippus)
(two dimension)
•Success materialism
•Happiness materialism
Happiness as the Goal of a Good Life

14. •Success materialism
•(wealth and material possessions is a sign of
success in life)
•May influence life satisfaction positively.
Happiness as the Goal of a Good Life

15. •Happiness materialism
Happiness as the Goal of a Good Life
•(wealth and material consumption is a sign of
happiness in life)
•May influence life satisfaction negatively.

16. Happiness as the Goal of a Good Life
2. Hedonism
(Epicurus)
•Pleasure has always been the priority
•“eat, drink, and be merry for
tomorrow we die”

17. Happiness as the Goal of a Good Life
3. Stoicism
(Epicurus)
•One must learn to distance oneself
and be apathetic
•Apatheia–to be different
•We should adopt the fact that some
things are not within our control

18. Happiness as the Goal of a Good Life
4. Theism
•Most people find the meaning of their
lives using God as a fulcrum of their
existence.

19. Happiness as the Goal of a Good Life
5. Humanism
•Man is the captain of his own ship
•Scientist turned to technology in order to ease the
difficulty of life
•People are willing to tamper with time and space in
the name of technology (e.g. Social media)
•Technology allowed us to tinker with our sexuality
(e.g. breast implant)

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