272 worldviews Flashcards
(27 cards)
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material world 3
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- things, money, how one looks
- leads to hedonism, pleasure-oriented, everything to be comfortable
- science declares what to by true
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spiritual world 2
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- material world not the whole reality but just a glimpse
- asceticism - rigorous treatment of the body, deny self pleasures for spiritual purposes
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linear logic 3
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- everything has a start and an end
- objective to make time between birth and death as long as possible and experience as much good within that as possible
- tasks over relationships, need to get as much done as possible
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contextual logic 3
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- don’t know if there is death, reincarnation
- much larger time frame
- relationships over tasks, can always get more done in next life
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segmented world
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- tackling one step at a time, divide and conquer
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unified world 3
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- bring things together to solve problems
- everything unites (night and day, yin and yang)
- looks at whole, not sum of parts
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absolutism 6
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- problems or questions have only one answer
- right and wrong
- true and false
- only interested in facts
- not miracles
- no grey areas
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relativism 3
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- more fluid answers
- varying viewpoints, something can be true in one way and false in another
- miracles can exist, physical and spiritual world co-exist
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knowledge 3
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- favoured in youth-oriented society (stay young goal)
- ticket to more advanced lifestyle
- degrees/formal education valued
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wisdom 2
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- not formal education
- comes with age, so age valued
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individualism
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- connected to linearality - if your life is short, you have to look out for yourself
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interdependence ex
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- ex people loyal to company, wouldn’t switch for higher pay
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monotheism
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one God
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revealed truth 2
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- God revealed in the Scriptures
- top-down (God -> Scriptures -> preachers -> people)
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pantheism
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god is in everything
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polytheism
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many gods
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pursuit of truth 2
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- scriptures are from the wisest people and their yearnings to know God
- bottom-up (people -> God)
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guarantee of salvation
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one can reach salvation through a specific way, be that faith or works
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hope of salvation
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- may be saved, but you don’t know until you die
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supreme value of human life 3
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- value of my own life to do what I want with
- devestation when people die
- try to keep memories alive (ex keeping ashes)
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relative value of human life 2
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- death still sad but not final because of hope for reincarnation
- death can be merciful, next life may be better
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natural reasons for misfortune ex
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someone gets sick bc it’s going around
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supernatural reasons for misfortune ex
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someone’s sick bc of bad karma
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individual choice for religious allegiance
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own choice in west
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family choice for religious allegiance
in east, family choice, conversion out of it could result in losing family
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holy days
ex sabbath, sundays, christmas
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