Questions of right or wrong, good or evil, are answered in wide variations of ethical and moral systems. Ethical systems consist of principles of conduct: how we behave in various situations of life and why we behave in one particular way given that other options of behavior are available to us. The principles of conduct are themselves formed by our …
You must allow the queen to pet each six of the zebras. Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country. A quick brown fox just jumped over the very lazy dog. You must all the queen to pet each six of the zebras as well as the fifteen giraffes. Now is the …
What is a worldview? A generally synonymous expression is a philosophy of life. A less common way of expressing it: a worldview is a person’s religion. Religion is not limited to such descriptors as Buddhism, Islam or Christianity or atheism (yes, atheism is a worldview and a religion). A religion is a set of beliefs that bind all of life …
It is not a profound insight, but it is important to make the point: Everyone has a starting point in terms of what they believe. Every worldview has a starting view, a belief at the beginning that exerts considerable influence over all the other beliefs that follow as a matter of due course. Whether rationalism, relativism, empiricism, pluralism or atheism, …