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WorksheetsSEMIFINAL STS 101
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
According to Heidegger, what is the root problem with viewing technology merely as an instrument or a means to human ends?
It fails to recognize its physical material.
It does not allow for efficient use of technology.
It fails to grasp its essence, which is a specific kind of revealing.
It ignores the cost of production.
What does the Greek word aletheia, which Heidegger connects to the essence of technology, mean?
Being-towards-death
Unconcealment or revealing
Practical wisdom
Artistic creation
The essence of technology, as a mode of revealing, is called Gestell. What English term corresponds to this?
Standing-Reserve
Truth
Enframing
Bringing-Forth
In the context of Gestell, the dammed Rhine River is ordered as:
A natural wonder
A beautiful landscape
A water-pressure supplier (standing-reserve)
A historical landmark
In its ancient Greek sense, technē referred to:
A form of war strategy
A type of political leadership
A type of knowing or art, like knowledge possessed by a craftsman
A system of philosophy
The primary result of Enframing is that existence is ordered into:
A state of perpetual motion
A world of freedom
Standing-Reserve (Bestand)
A moral community
The "Saving Power" is found within:
Ethical guidelines
Technology’s essence (Enframing)
Rejection of all machinery
Material products
Heidegger worries that technology compels humans into:
Calculating and ordering
Artistic creation
Moral development
Democratic decision-making
Which is NOT an inadequate view of technology according to Heidegger?
Instrumental (means to an end)
Anthropological (human activity)
Technology as Enframing
Technology as morally neutral
Poiesis involves bringing forth something into:
Obscurity
Unconcealment
Utility
Profitability
When Heidegger says technology is "extreme danger," what is threatened?
Human creativity
The possibility of truth (Aletheia) and revealing
Natural resources
Economic stability
The path to freedom regarding technology requires humans to:
Reject gadgets
Meditate
Recognize its role in revealing truth
Pass laws
Technology "unfolds with a critical eye" when humans:
Maximize efficiency
Passively accept it
Pay attention to its unfolding
Outsource production
A resource ready to be used (e.g., stored heat in coal) is called:
Poiesis
Standing-Reserve (Bestand)
Gefahr
Techne
If Enframing is a destiny of revealing, what does this mean for humanity?
It is a tool we control
It is how being historically addresses humanity
It is a moral code
It is a scientific calculation
What is the highest good (telos) for humans?
Wealth
Eudaimonia
Fame
Pleasure
Eudaimonia comes from “eu” (good) and “daimon,” meaning:
God or Divine
Demon or Spirit
Action or Deed
Knowledge or Skill
One who acts with intelligence and moral goodness is a:
Technician
Phronimos
Moralist
Eudaemon
Which virtue has a fixed end (e.g., carpentry, medicine)?
Eudaimonia
Phronesis
Techne
Arete
Deliberation in Phronesis must involve:
Financial results
Moral virtue
Speed
Innovation
Practical wisdom (good decision-making in real life) is:
Techne
Eudaimonia
Arete
Phronesis
Difference between Techne and Phronesis:
Techne = external product; Phronesis = virtuous action
Techne = human; Phronesis = nature
Techne = easy; Phronesis = difficult
Techne = moral; Phronesis = technical
A Phronimos chooses actions that build:
Profit
Technology
Good character and happiness
Empire
A shared trait of Techne and Phronesis is:
Abstract thought
Physical skill
Reasoning and deliberation
Moral rules
Techne measures success by utility; Phronesis measures by:
Speed
Profit
Moral virtue
Novelty
Without Phronesis, a person may act with good intentions but still:
Make wealth
Fail to produce results
Make poor moral choices
Master a craft
Phronesis leads human action toward:
New inventions
Wealth
Eudaimonia
Power
Why doesn’t Techne lead directly to Eudaimonia?
Techne is moral
It concerns non-human goods
Techne has external ends; Eudaimonia is virtuous action
It’s too simple
Deliberation concerns what is beneficial for:
Living a good life
Material goods
Argument-winning
Crafts
Phronesis synthesizes universals with:
Logical calculation
Particular circumstances
Science
Politics
Focus of Phronesis is the:
Immediate result
Ultimate human good
Easiest path
Fastest method
Difference between a chef (Techne) and leader (Phronesis):
Chef = fixed end; leader = open, virtuous end
Chef = experience; leader = logic
Chef = practical; leader = theoretical
Chef = technical; leader = moral
Ethical decisions require balancing:
Profit, loss, time
Emotion, reason, circumstances
Past, present, future
Opinion, fact, theory
Cleverness becomes Phronesis only if the goals are:
Profitable
Virtuous
Quick
Popular
Techne is morally neutral—its products can be used for:
Only good
Good or bad
Only bad
Neither
Experience is crucial for Phronesis because:
One must know true good in many situations
It builds dexterity
It gives theory
It speeds tasks
Choosing generosity based on living a good life represents:
Technical guidance
Logical guidance
Efficient guidance
Phronetic guidance
Deliberation is defined as:
Scientific method
Thinking toward a product
Thinking about the good life
Pure rational calculation
Techne is meaningful only if it contributes to:
Wealth
Eudaimonia
Politics
Science
A virtuous action (Phronesis) is:
A means
An end in itself
Profitable
Fast
Economist who redefined flourishing using Buddhist ideas:
Gandhi
Marx
E.F. Schumacher
Adam Smith
Buddhist principle foundational to Buddhist economics:
Middle Way
Right Livelihood
Noble Truth
Eudaimonia
Positive form of automation:
Replaces skill
Enhances human skill
Capital heavy
Creates unemployment
True civilization focuses on:
Technology
Efficiency
Purification of character
Western view links happiness to:
Balance
Growth
Wealth, modernity, technology
Compassion
Negative automation:
Empowers workers
Turns work mechanical, removes dignity
Improves safety
Cuts costs
Buddhist view: work helps people:
Earn profits
Escape work
Use and develop abilities
Produce only
Modern economies confuse progress with:
Purpose
Morality
Compassion
Efficiency
Buddhist economics seeks harmony between:
Reject physical world
Physical & spiritual
Separate both
Prioritize spiritual
Local production is rational and:
Efficient
Profitable
Imported
Sustainable
Path balancing material and spiritual:
Wealth path
Sacrifice
Middle Way
Warrior path
Heavy imports cause:
Peace
Exploitation
Strong local economies
Tech growth
True success =
Wealth
Peace, compassion, fulfillment
GDP
Desires
Western view of labor:
Burden & cost
Fulfillment & cost
Fulfillment & benefit
Cost & burden
True flourishing values dignity, not:
Local resources
Spirituality
Purpose
Dependence on machines
NOT a purpose of work (Buddhist):
Overcome selfishness
Use abilities
Produce goods
Maximize shareholder wealth
Schumacher warns humanity must not serve:
Nature
Others
Culture
Machines
Western flourishing focuses on:
Peace
Material success
Growth
Meaning
Division of labor criticized because:
Slow
Makes work mechanical, less meaningful
Requires training
Inefficient
Buddhist work must promote:
Efficiency
Wealth
Purpose
Speed
Right Livelihood means work must:
Be double quotes
Avoid harm or exploitation
Require little effort
Be modern
Anna fails in life because:
Multiplies desires without inner growth
Not hardworking
Not using tech
Not profitable
Buddhist economics calls for production using:
Large factories
Local resources for local needs
Imports
Automation
Buddhist economics rejects modern focus on:
Growth & maximization of wants
Spiritual discipline
Self-sufficiency
Morality
A meaningful life means growth:
Possessions
All aspects (physical, mental, social, spiritual)
Power
Money
Attachment to wealth/tech harms:
Economy
Harmony of physical & spiritual
Efficiency
Techne
Western view of a good job:
Inner peace
Money, possessions, comfort
Spiritual growth
Middle Way
Middle Way balances:
Emotion & logic
Techne & Phronesis
Material & spiritual
Wealth & poverty
True success:
Maximize wealth
Prioritize moral development
Outsource
Speed
Mark flourishes because he promotes:
Self-sufficiency & simple work
Efficiency
Wealth
Foreign markets
