THE HUMAN PERSON FLOURISHING

IN TERMS OF SCIENCE &  Technology as standing in reverse

TECHNOLOGY For Heidegger, there are things that are
revealed in modern technology as “standing in
Denotative definition of “Flourish” reverse”. Things as standing in reverse are not
to grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous “objects”. Objects, on the other hand, are things that
way, especially as the result of a particularly “stand against us as things with autonomy.
favorable environment.
 En-framing as “essence” of modern
technology
Different Scholars/Philosophers that studied the En-framing simply means putting into the
science of Human Flourishing through S&T: frame of modern technology everything in nature.
1.Martin Heidegger This frame of modern technology is the network of
Proposed the Quantum Relationship of interlocking things standing in reverse.
“Technology” and its “User” (He is not against
technology but he is against the grave abuse of it)
2. Karl Marx SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AS
Introduced the “Unity of man and nature”
HUMAN FLOURISHING
which deals with the oneness of primordial decisions
and technology.
3. Aristotle Human Flourishing is defined as an effort to
Stated that each human being should use his achieve self-actualization and fulfillment within the
abilities to their fullest potential and should obtain context of a larger community of individuals, each
happiness & enjoyment. with the right to pursue his or her own efforts.
4. Thomas Bancoff Different ways and methods to simply make Human
Introduced the Science and the Human Flourishing:
Person as a Working group. (They are somehow
interdependent in engaging traditions and the secular 1. Marxian Alienation: on a modern context
things) Marx argued that to achieve true human
flourishing, we as individuals must first overcome
the different mechanisms of alienation in order to
express our full humanity in relation both to nature
TECHNOLOGY AS A WAY OF
and humans.
REVEALING
2. The introduction of YUPPIE
Martin Heidegger said that heeding to EUGENICS
technology could brought you to the whole realm of Eugenics simply refers to the study of or
new and aspired technologies as very essential to us belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of
as Human person. the human species or the human population,
especially by such means as discouraging
 Challenging modern Technology reproductions of immoral acts confining the human
Things are revealed or brought forth by flourishment.
challenging or demanding them. If we want to delve
in to several technologies, we must demand for it and 3. 2nd mechanism of Alienation (Marxian
we must put it to nature that it is our unreasonable Principle)
demand and purposely.
 the 2nd mechanism of Marxian Alienation is
that of the act of production, in this case, the act of 8. The pursuit of Goals for Human Person is a
reproduction. Why do we humans reproduce? The necessity
Marxian critique would be the genetic intervention On the other side of the wall, though we may
of living allows the act of reproducing individuals find several alienations to be more profound on our
become impersonal and benefit-driven. society nowadays, it is also very necessary for us to
share some goals. We must pursue goals that are both
rational for us individuals and as human being.
Whereas, the former will vary depending upon one’s
4. The 3rd mechanism of Alienation (Marxian particular circumstances not the latter common
Principle) distinctive nature.
The 3rd mechanism of Marxian Alienation is
that between man and the species being. The species CONCLUSION
being was a term coined by Karl Marx on his belief Through S&T, humans develop the
about its closest meaning to human nature. Marx did flourishment they need in may different things they
not believe on the Traditional theory of human nature should delve in it could be moral, technological,
but introduced the theory of “human nature” that was societal, humanitarian, potential and even vision-
representative of the sum of social relations. pinned. That is why flourishment can be achieved in
reality if a man recognizes and adheres to the reality
5. The 4th mechanism of Alienation (Marxian of his unique personal endowments and contingent
Principle) circumstances.
The 4th mechanism is the representation of
“other” human beings. The alienation that results
from the labour and production of material items
essentially subordinates human interaction between
things.

6. The Human Person’s dealing with a

“collective”
Marx added that in order for us human to
fully actualize on ourselves, there’s a great advice for
us to interdepend and even interconnect with a group
of people of a collective. For him, it is very necessary
for us to delve in to different things that others are
doing on a solitary manner but it is not that advised
for us to construe a profound negative actuation that
they are doing.

7. Showcasing Human Person’s potential

For Aristotle, different human has its own
different potential, can be through talents, thoughts,
and performance and all of those must be showcased
in order for us to fully actualize and have that virtue
in the pursuit of out freely and rationally chosen
values & goals.