The Good

Life
Presented by: Dela Cruz Keyth

Ruth
Bayangan Lezlie

Cadiz Jessica
Rivera Allizzer
Franz
 INTRODUCTION
 In Ancient Greece, the need to understand the world and reality was bound with
the need to understand the world, and reality was bound with the need to
understand self and the good life long before the word “science” has been coined.
 Plato state that the task of understanding the things in the world runs parallel
with the job of truly getting into what will make the soul flourish. Man must seek
to understand himself to understand reality and the external world.
 Aristotle on the other hand gave a definitive distinction between the theoretical
and practical sciences. Among the theoretical disciplines, Aristotle included logic,
biology, physics, and metaphysics, and also counted ethics and politics.
 The aim of theoretical science

 is the Truth and the end goal of the practical

ones is good. Every attempt to know is
connected in some way in an attempt to find
the “good” or the attainment of human
flourishing. So before one can find which is
good, one must find the truth about what is
good.
 Aristotle and How We All Aspire
for a Good Life
 Aristotle is the first philosopher who
approached the problem of reality from a
“scientific” lens. Aristotle is also the first
thinker who dabbed into the complex
problematization of the end goal of life which
happiness.
 PROJECT GOALS
ARISTOTLE PLATO

 Things in this world are not real  This world is all there is to it and
and are only copies of the real that this world is the only reality
world of forms we can make all access
 No reality over and above what  Change only makes sense if there
the senses can perceive are two realities: the world of
 Change is a process that is forms and the world of matter
inherent in things  Change is a process and is
 Every action that emanates from a constant
human person is a function of the  Despite the reality of change,
purpose (telos) that the person things remain and they retain
has their ultimate “whatness”
 PROJECT GOALS
ARISTOTLE PLATO

 Reality is full of contrasting

manifestation of change and
permanence Two Aspects of
Happiness is the be and all Reality
end of all of everything that
we do. 1. World of Matter - Changing and
Imperment
2. World of Forms – the only real
entities are only copies of the ideal
and the models and the forms are
the only real entities
 HAPPINESS AS THE GOAL
OF A GOOD LIFE

 Greatest Happiness Principle as declared by John

Stuart Mill is an action that is right as far as it
maximizes the attainment of happiness for the
greatest number of people.
MATERIALISM Democritus and Leucippus - led a school of thought which believes
that the world is made up of and is controlled by the tiny indivisible
units in the world called atomos or seeds.

 Human beings and the world is made up of matter

 Matter is what makes human being attain happiness or human
flourishing
 Most people are clinging on to material wealth as the primary
source of the meaning god existence

HEDONISM Epicurus - led a school of thought that believes in “Eat, drink, and be
merry for tomorrow we die”
 Pleasure is the end goal of life
 Obtaining and indulging pleasure is life because life is limited
STOICISM Epicurus – led also a school of thought which believes that to
generate happiness, one must learn to distance oneself and be
apathetic.
Apatheia – means to be indifferent
 Happiness can only be attained by a careful practice of apathy
 Some things are not within our control and the sooner human
being realize it, the happier they can become
THEISM  Theists find the meaning of their lives using God as a fulcrum of
existence 
 Filipinos based their life goals on beliefs that hinged on some form
of supernatural reality called heaven
 The ultimate basis of happiness is the communion with God
 The world is a temporary reality where humans have to
maneuver around while waiting for the ultimate return to the
hands of God
HUMANISM  The freedom of man to carve his destiny and to legislate his
laws,
free from the shackles of God that monitors and controls
 Humanists see themselves as stewards of the creation but as
individuals who are in control of themselves and the world
outside
them

Scientist
 The world is the place and space for freely unearthing the
world
in seeking ways on how to improve the lives of its inhabitants
 Turned into technology for altering the world for the benefit of
Humanity
HUMANISM  The freedom of man to carve his destiny and to legislate his
laws,
free from the shackles of God that monitors and controls
 Humanists see themselves as stewards of the creation but as
individuals who are in control of themselves and the world
outside
them

Scientist
 The world is the place and space for freely unearthing the
world
in seeking ways on how to improve the lives of its inhabitants
 Turned into technology for altering the world for the benefit of
Humanity
HUMANISM 1. Purging time and space
a. Social Media
In the early days, communication between two
people from two different continents on the planet will take
months of waiting for the mail to arrive. Seeing each other in
real-time while talking was virtually impossible. Now,
communication between two people wherever they are is not
just possible but easy.
The Internet and smartphones made real-time
communication possible not just between two people but
even with multiple people simultaneously.
HUMANISM b. Sexuality
Technology allowed us to tinker with sexuality.
Biologically male individuals can now undergo a medical
operation if they wish for sexual reassignment. Breast
implants are now available and can be done with relative
convenience if anyone wishes to have one. Hormones may
also be injected to alter the sexual chemicals in the body
 Technological advancements are all undertaken in the
hopes of attaining a good life. However, the balance
between a good life, ethics, and technology has to be
attained
THANK
YOU
Presented by: Group 4