Module 2 Activity # 2

Name: Mark Julian B. Guk-ong Date: December 02, 2022

Course/Yr. & Sec.: BS MATH 1B

Self-Check Test

A. Question and Answer: Answer the following questions briefly but correctly.
Write your answer/s on the space provided below each item.

1. It is science that provides a good life for everyone. Why is it so?

● It is the quest for good life that fuels science. In this vast world
where the number of inventions are rapidly growing, science has
made the lives of many convenient.

2. Living the good life means living a life that sets you free. How can you live a life
that sets you free?
● A life that satisfies and fulfills you, that adds happiness, joy, and a
sense of purpose to your life, but it also means to live a life that is
worthwhile - a life that makes a contribution, instead of being solely
self-centered.

3. The scientific inventions pave the way for technological enhancements. What do
technological advancements lead to?
● More jobs, technological enhancements making household chores
easy and more legit explanations on myth and belief of the society
which make us more educated and took away the innocence on
salient matters.

4. People always remain the primary focus of any technology decisions we make
for ourselves or others. A good life is not the use of more and more technology.
Why?
● Technology is just a means of convenience and productivity, it's just
a time saver, it's not the purpose, not the goal, and it's a tool.

5. Quality of life will not be improved by more and more technology as a means of
convenience. What is the only way to improve the quality of life?
● The only means to improve the quality of life is coming back to our
essence: Our true self and our true relationships, by combining
technology and humanity to improve our own worldview and our
interaction to others worldview.

6. Consideration of the impact of technologies on human volition suggests possible

avenues of research. What are these avenues of research?

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● Technologically reflexive decision making may actually occur as well

as how societies could create space for technologies more
compatible with alternative notions of good.

7. Technology leads to a good life. How?

● As it is responsible for advancement in all sectors of the economy. It
is because it provides us a means to achieve something faster and in
an easier manner.

8. The good life is one in which a person cultivates and exercises their rational
faculties. What are examples of instances by which a person cultivates and
exercises his/her rational faculties?
● For instance,engaging in scientific inquiry, philosophical discussion,
artistic creation, or legislation.

9. Thinking about the goal we are aiming at, and the means we must employ to
reach that goal is practical thinking. But such thinking bears no fruit until it results
in purposeful action. What is purposeful action?
● Purposeful action contrasts with aimless or thoughtless action,
which is action with no end in view.

10. What is the final end of human life, the end that all of us ought to aim at?
● The final end of human life is to flourish, to live well, to have a good
life, all actions should aim at this end. Of course, in order to live at all
we need food, clothing, and shelter but living is itself the means to
the end of living well.

B. Fill-in-the Blank: Fill the blank with the correct and best answer. Choose the
letter of the best answer from the choices provided below. Write only the letter of
your choice on the blank before each number.

A. development of a good moral character

B. principal means to having good lives
C. virtuously and building up your character traits
D. natural needs that are the same for all of us
E. guidelines for a good life
F. habit of making the right choices
G. disposition to do what it takes to live a good life
H. an indispensable aspect of the life worth living
I. participate in life
J. both happy and fulfilled.
K. chief good of life
L. negative psychological and spiritual forces
M. life worth living
N. secure the well-lived life
O. sufficient condition for the good life

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P. psychological, emotional, and spiritual impact

Q. “Responsible Human Being”
R. sense of satisfaction
S. education of the whole person
T. quest for the good life

D 1. Good life consists in the possession, over the course of a lifetime, of all those
things that are really good for us. Moreover, what is really good for any one of us
corresponds to the_______________. These real goods that we should all seek to
obtain in order to live well are: bodily goods, external goods, and goods of the soul.

A 2. The knowledge of the good life isn’t sufficient to actually living a good life. The
way to bridge the gap between knowledge of the good life and actually living it is the
_____.

F 3. Virtues of the mind are intellectual virtues; while virtues exemplified by a regular
disposition to choose correctly are moral virtues. Moral virtue – the ___________ plays
a special role in living well. Moral virtue is so important because our choices determine
whether we live well.

B 4. Moral virtues are considered the ____________ because they allow us to

habitually make the choices that both constitute and lead to good lives.

G 5. The most important moral virtues or habits are moderation, courage, and justice:
because moderation keeps us from overindulging in pleasure or seeking too much of
the limited goods. Courage is having the______________, and justice is the virtue that
allows us to have friends and enjoy the benefits of cooperation.

C 6. Eudaimonia, is a word that means living well or flourishing. We can reach

eudemonia by living ___________ until you don’t even have to think about your
choices before making the right one.

E 7. Virtues are character traits and tendencies to act in a particular way. We gain
them through practice and by copying ‘moral exemplars’ until we manage to internalize
the virtue. Eventually, virtue becomes a habit. These virtues are: courage, temperance,
liberality, magnificence, magnanimity, patience, truthfulness, wittiness, friendliness,
shame, and justice. These are ___________.

I 8. Living life is about examining life through reason, nature’s greatest gift to humanity.
The importance of reason in sensing and examining life is evident in all phases of life.
Reason lets human beings to____________ . To be human is to think, appraise, and
explore the world, discovering new sources of material and spiritual pleasure.

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J 9. While we cannot control all of the outcomes we seek in life, we certainly can
control our responses to these outcomes. Herein, lies our potential for a life that is
______.
H 10. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle viewed the formation of society as a reflection of
the profound need for human affiliation rather than simply a contractual arrangement
between otherwise detached individuals. For humans it is ____________ because one
cannot speak of a completed human identity, or of true happiness, without the
associative bonds called “friendship.”

K 11. Experience true pleasure. Avoid shallow and transient pleasures. Keep your life
simple. Seek calming pleasures that contribute to peace of mind. True pleasure is
disciplined and restrained. In its many shapes and forms, pleasure is what every human
being is after because it is the ____________.

N 12. Not all pleasures are alike. Some pleasures are kinetic—shallow, and transient,
fading away as soon as the act that creates the pleasure ends. Often they are
succeeded by a feeling of emptiness and psychological pain and suffering. Other
pleasures are katastematic. Katastematic pleasures are deep, and prolonged, and
continue even after the act that creates them ends; and these are pleasures that
_____________.

L 13. Master yourself. Stop deceiving yourself, believing only what is personally
useful and convenient; complete liberty necessitates a struggle within, a battle to
subdue _________________ that precludes a healthy existence; self-mastery requires
ruthless cador. We must resist any external force that might delimit thought and action.

M 14. Live life in harmony and balance. Avoid excesses. Even good things, pursued
or attained without moderation, can become a source of misery and suffering. If,
however, excess is allowed to destroy harmony and balance, the __________
becomes impossible to obtain.

Q 15. Be a _______________ . Approach yourself with honesty and thoroughness;

maintain a kind of spiritual hygiene; stop the blame-shifting for your errors and
shortcomings. People who feed themselves a steady diet of exonerating fiction are in
danger of living life in bad faith and they risk corrupting their very essence as a human
being.

O 16. Don’t Be a Prosperous Fool. Prosperity by itself, is not a cure-all against an ill-
led life, and may be a source of dangerous foolishness. Money is a necessary but not
a_____________, for happiness and wisdom. Prosperity requires wisdom: the rational
use of one’s resources. A person become a prosperous fool in the absence of wisdom.

I 17. Don’t Do Evil to Others. Evildoing is a dangerous habit, a kind of reflex too
quickly resorted to and too easily justified that has a lasting and damaging effect upon
the __________. The victims in harming others are the receiver of the harm, and the
victimizer, the one who does harm.

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P 18. Modern society is a competitive, hard-bitten environment strongly inclined to

advocate self-advantage at the expense of the “other.” Under these conditions, it is not
surprising that people are often prepared to harm their fellow human beings. We fail to
understand the _______________ victimizing others has upon the victimizer.

R 19. Kindness to others is a good habit that supports and reinforces the quest for
the good life. Helping others bestow a ______________ that has two beneficiaries—the
beneficiary, the receiver of the help, and the benefactor, the one who provides the help.

S 20. The ____________ includes one’s moral character, rather than merely
learning a set of skills. This view of education is necessary if we are to produce a
society of happy as well as productive individuals.

Assessment for Learning

A. Identification: Identify the correct and best answer of the following items.
Choose your answer from the choices below. Write only the letter of your choice
on the blank provided before the number.

A. living a life that satisfies and fulfils you, that adds happiness, joy and a sense of
purpose to your life
B. It is the quest for good life that fuels science.
C. more jobs, technological enhancements and more legit explanations on myth and
belief of the society
D. Technology is just a means of convenience and productivity, it’s just a time
saver, it’s not the purpose, not the goal, and it’s a tool.
E. coming back to our essence of existence: our True Self and our True
Relationships, by combining technology and humanity to improve our own
worldview and our interaction to others’ worldview
F. How societies could create space for technologies more compatible with
alternative notions of the good.
G. responsible for advancement in all sectors of the economy
H. to flourish, to live well, to have a good life
I. engaging in scientific inquiry, philosophical discussion, artistic creation, or
legislation
J. acting with some end, goal, or purpose in mind
K. development of a good moral character

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L. habit of making the right choices

M. natural needs that are the same for all of us
N. principal means to having good lives
O. virtuously and building up your character traits
P. disposition to do what it takes to live a good life

C 1. The scientific inventions pave the way for technological enhancements. What do
technological advancements lead to?

E 2. Quality of life will not be improved by more and more technology as a means of
convenience. What is the only way to improve the quality of life?

A 3. Living the good life means living a life that sets you free. How can you live a life
that sets you free?

D 4. People always remain the primary focus of any technology decisions we make for
ourselves or others. A good life is not the use of more and more technology. Why?

B 5. It is science that provides a good life for everyone. Why is it so?

F 6. Consideration of the impact of technologies on human volition suggests possible

avenues of research. What are these avenues of research?

I 7. The good life is one in which a person cultivates and exercises their rational
faculties. What are examples of instances by which a person cultivates and exercises
his/her rational faculties?

G 8. Technology leads to a good life. How?

H 9. What is the final end of human life, the end that all of us ought to aim at?

J 10. Thinking about the goal we are aiming at, and the means we must employ to
reach that goal is practical thinking. But such thinking bears no fruit until it results in
purposeful action. What is purposeful action?

M 11. Good life consists in the possession, over the course of a lifetime, of all those
things that are really good for us. Moreover, what is really good for any one of us
corresponds to the_______________. These real goods that we should all seek to
obtain in order to live well are: bodily goods, external goods, and goods of the soul.

K 12. The knowledge of the good life isn’t sufficient to actually living a good life. The
way to bridge the gap between knowledge of the good life and actually living it is the
_____.

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L 13. Virtues of the mind are intellectual virtues; while virtues exemplified by a regular
disposition to choose correctly are moral virtues. Moral virtue - the ___________ plays
a special role in living well. Moral virtue is so important because our choices determine
whether we live well.

N 14. Moral virtues are considered the ____________ because they allow us to
habitually make the choices that both constitute and lead to good lives.

P 15. The most important moral virtues or habits are moderation, courage, and justice:
because moderation keeps us from overindulging in pleasure or seeking too much of
the limited goods. Courage is having the______________, and justice is the virtue that
allows us to have friends and enjoy the benefits of cooperation.

B. Fill-in-the Blank: Fill the blank with the correct and best answer. Choose the
letter of the best answer from the choices provided below. Write only the letter of
your choice on the blank before each number.

A. virtuously and building up your character traits

B. guidelines for a good life
C. an indispensable aspect of the life worth living
D. participate in life
E. both happy and fulfilled.
F. chief good of life
G. negative psychological and spiritual forces
H. life worth living
I. secure the well-lived life
J. sufficient condition for the good life
K. psychological, emotional, and spiritual impact
L. “Responsible Human Being”
M. sense of satisfaction
N. education of the whole person
O. quest for the good life
P. habit of making the right choices

D 1. Living life is about examining life through reason, nature’s greatest gift to
humanity. The importance of reason in sensing and examining life is evident in all
phases of life. Reason lets human beings to____________ . To be human is to think,
appraise, and explore the world, discovering new sources of material and spiritual
pleasure.

C 2. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle viewed the formation of society as a reflection of

the profound need for human affiliation rather than simply a contractual arrangement
between otherwise detached individuals. For humans it is ____________ because one

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cannot speak of a completed human identity, or of true happiness, without the

associative bonds called “friendship.”

A 3. Eudaimonia, is a word that means living well or flourishing. We can reach

eudemonia by living ___________ until you don’t even have to think about your
choices before making the right one.

B 4. Virtues are character traits and tendencies to act in a particular way. We gain
them through practice and by copying 'moral exemplars' until we manage to internalize
the virtue. Eventually, the virtue becomes a habit. These virtues are: courage,
temperance, liberality, magnificence, magnanimity, patience, truthfulness, wittiness,
friendliness, shame, and justice. These are ___________.

I 5. Not all pleasures are alike. Some pleasures are kinetic—shallow, and transient,
fading away as soon as the act that creates the pleasure ends. Often they are
succeeded by a feeling of emptiness and psychological pain and suffering. Other
pleasures are catastematic. Catastematic pleasures are deep, and prolonged, and
continue even after the act that creates them ends; and these are pleasures that
_____________.

L 6. Be a _______________ . Approach yourself with honesty and thoroughness;

maintain a kind of spiritual hygiene; stop the blame-shifting for your errors and
shortcomings. People who feed themselves a steady diet of exonerating fiction are in
danger of living life in bad faith and they risk corrupting their very essence as a human
being.

E 7. While we cannot control all of the outcomes we seek in life, we certainly can
control our responses to these outcomes. Herein, lies our potential for a life that is
______.

G 8. Master yourself. Stop deceiving yourself, believing only what is personally useful
and convenient; complete liberty necessitates a struggle within, a battle to subdue
_________________ that precludes a healthy existence; self-mastery requires ruthless
cador. We must resist any external force that might delimit thought and action.

F 9. Experience true pleasure. Avoid shallow and transient pleasures. Keep your life
simple. Seek calming pleasures that contribute to peace of mind. True pleasure is
disciplined and restrained. In its many shapes and forms, pleasure is what every human
being is after because it is the ____________.

J 10. Don’t Be a Prosperous Fool. Prosperity by itself, is not a cure-all against an ill-
led life, and may be a source of dangerous foolishness. Money is a necessary but not a
_____________, for happiness and wisdom. Prosperity requires wisdom: the rational
use of one’s resources. A person becomes a prosperous fool in the absence of
wisdom.

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K 11. Modern society is a competitive, hard-bitten environment strongly inclined to

advocate self-advantage at the expense of the “other.” Under these conditions, it is not
surprising that people are often prepared to harm their fellow human beings. We fail to
understand the _______________ victimizing others has upon the victimizer.

H 12. Live life in harmony and balance. Avoid excesses. Even good things, pursued or
attained without moderation, can become a source of misery and suffering. If, however,
excess is allowed to destroy harmony and balance, the __________ becomes
impossible to obtain.

N 13. The ____________ includes one's moral character, rather than merely learning
a set of skills. This view of education is necessary if we are to produce a society of
happy as well as productive individuals.

O 14. Don’t Do Evil to Others. Evildoing is a dangerous habit, a kind of reflex too
quickly resorted to and too easily justified that has a lasting and damaging effect upon
the __________. The victims in harming others are the receiver of the harm, and the
victimizer, the one who does harm.

M 15. Kindness to others is a good habit that supports and reinforces the quest for the
good life. Helping others bestow a ______________ that has two beneficiaries—the
beneficiary, the receiver of the help, and the benefactor, the one who provides the help.

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