2. ● According to Aristotle, there is an end of to the actions that
we perform that desire for itself. Flourishing is the highest
good of human endeavors and that toward which all actions
aim.
● Aristotle (385-323 BC) to describe the pinnacle of happiness
or prosperity and blessedness that is attainable by humans.
● The Greek Aristotelian view, on the other hand, aims for
eudaimonia as the ultimate good: there is no indication
whatsoever that Aristotle entailed it instrumental achieve
some other goals.
3. Eastern
Conception Western
Conception
Focus is community-
center
Individuals should
sacrifice themselves for
the sake of society
Chinese confusion system
Japanese bushido
Encourage studies of
literature, sciences and
art for a greater cause
More on the individual
Human flourishing as an
end
Aristotelian view
Aims for eudaimonia as the
ultimate good
4. Science, technology and human
flourishing
Every discovery, innovation and success contributes to
our pool of human knowledge
Human’s perpetual need to locate themselves in the
world by finding proof to trace the evolution
elicits our idea of self-importance
Technology is a human activity we excel in as a result of
achieving science
Good is inherently related to the truth
6. Principles of Human Flourishing
Dignity of the
Human Person
Dignity
Innate personal
values or rights
Common
Good
Sacrificing self-
interest to provide
basic needs
Subsidiarity
When all those
affected by a
decision are
involved in making
it
Universal Purpose
of Goods
The earths resources
serve every persons
needs regardless of
who owns them The
earth’
Preferential
Option for the
Poor
When decisions are
made by first
considering the poor
Stewardship of
Csreation
Duty to care for the
earth as a (God-given )
gift is a personal
responsibilitiy for the
common goods.
8. Classes of Happiness
To
behaviorist
Happiness is a
cocktail of
emotions we
experience when
we do something
good or positive.
To
neurologist
Happiness Is the
experience of a
flood of hormones
released in the
brain as a reward
for behavior that
prolongs survival.
To
psychology
Happiness is a mental or
emotional state of well-
being that can be defined
by, among others,
positive or pleasant
emotions ranging from
contentment to intense
joy
9. Eudaimonia, is a
term that combines
the Greek words for
“GOOD” and
“SPIRIT” to describe
the ideology
the hedonistic view
of well-being is that
happiness is the
polar opposite of
suffering: the
presence indicates
the absence of pain.
To
Eudaimonia
To
hedonistic
11. Induction
Aristotle says that induction
(epagoge) is a progression from
particulars to a universal.
an induction can be held to have
gone through all particular
instances, not because it has
actually enumerated every single
particular instance but because it
has done so potentially by having
acquired the cognition of the
universal essence of the particulars
being enumerated (119 in Groarke)
12. Two most important are:
INDUCTION PROPER
the process of intuitive
discernment by which we
produce abstraction of
necessary attributes, first
principle, natural facts and
moral principles.
INDUCTIVE SYLLOGISM
Is a rigorous process of
inference the process of
turning empirical
observations into a
syllogism and using the
syllogism to produce a
universal conclusion.
13. Deduction
Aristotle explicitly says that what results from
necessity must be different from what is
supposed
the plural certain having been supposed was
taken by some ancient commentators to rule out
by definition arguments with only one premise
and Aristotle himself says in some places that
nothing new follows from just one promise.
the force of the qualification because of their
being so has sometimes been seen as ruling out
arguments in which the conclusion is not
relevant to the premises
deductive reasoning is a deductive
profiling method that relies on the
application
Investigator collects general information
about the crime and the profiler draws
specific conclusions about the criminal’s
characteristics based on the profiler’s
experience, knowledge, and critical
thinking.
14. Two most important are:
DEDUCTION PROPER
Aristotle shows that the premise
combinations are given in the
following table yield deductions
and that all other premise
combinations fail to yield a
deduction.
DEDUCTIVE SYLLOGISM
Involves with a theory
meaning to testify and
formulate a falsifiable
hypothesis based on
existing theory
