RLGN 104 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Axioloty
study of morals and values
Relativism
societies and/or individuals decide what is right and wrong and that those values vary
from culture to culture or person to person. There are no objective, universal moral
truths
-individual is the measure of all things
Cultural relativism
different cultures seem to have different values; no objective morals
Morals are prescriptive not
factual descriptions
Conventionalism
each society decides what is right and wrong; there are morals they are simply decided
by each society
-about power not morality, Nazis
Ethical subjectivism
individuals decide what is right and wrong for themselves and themselves only. Morality
becomes fluid and privatized, changing to fit circumstances and conforming to
convenience
-"what's true for you is true for you and what's true for me is true for me"
Objective morality
Morals contain a sense of obligation and oughtness that is universal, authoritative, and
outweighs considerations of culture, time, and place.
Where morals come from
morals come from a transcendent person who has the power and authority to impose a
moral law on us.
Athiesm
Atheism: God does not exist; if He does exist, we cannot know anything about Him.
Buddhism
God is irrelevant, only proper religion to hold to Athiesm
Agnosticism
God is unknown but not necessarily unknowable is agnosticism.
Pantheism
Everything that exists is god-a force in all things, is nature, etc
-dualities and opposites do not exist
-no logic or reason
-cosntatnly changes
Panentheism
God comes from the world, and the world comes from God.
-sees God as both distinct from and dependent on the world at the same time
LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+
Axioloty
study of morals and values
Relativism
societies and/or individuals decide what is right and wrong and that those values vary
from culture to culture or person to person. There are no objective, universal moral
truths
-individual is the measure of all things
Cultural relativism
different cultures seem to have different values; no objective morals
Morals are prescriptive not
factual descriptions
Conventionalism
each society decides what is right and wrong; there are morals they are simply decided
by each society
-about power not morality, Nazis
Ethical subjectivism
individuals decide what is right and wrong for themselves and themselves only. Morality
becomes fluid and privatized, changing to fit circumstances and conforming to
convenience
-"what's true for you is true for you and what's true for me is true for me"
Objective morality
Morals contain a sense of obligation and oughtness that is universal, authoritative, and
outweighs considerations of culture, time, and place.
Where morals come from
morals come from a transcendent person who has the power and authority to impose a
moral law on us.
Athiesm
Atheism: God does not exist; if He does exist, we cannot know anything about Him.
Buddhism
God is irrelevant, only proper religion to hold to Athiesm
Agnosticism
God is unknown but not necessarily unknowable is agnosticism.
Pantheism
Everything that exists is god-a force in all things, is nature, etc
-dualities and opposites do not exist
-no logic or reason
-cosntatnly changes
Panentheism
God comes from the world, and the world comes from God.
-sees God as both distinct from and dependent on the world at the same time
