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CWV 101 Topic 6 Already Passed Absolute Truth ✔✔Unalterable facts that are true at all times for all persons regardless of context General Revelation ✔✔Refers to the means God has used to re... veal himself universally to humanity through nature, history, science, and reasoning Empiricism ✔✔An epistemological theory that knowledge comes through only sensory experience Moral Absolute ✔✔An objective standard by which certain actions my be judged right or wrong, regardless of the context of the act, the consequences of the act, or the intentions behind it Morality ✔✔Beliefs about right or wrong behavior and principles governing right and wrong behavior Naturalistic Philosophy ✔✔System of belief that everything can be explained through natural causes and effects involving only natural matter, energy, and forces. Supernatural explanations, causes, and effects are excluded Nihilism ✔✔A view that suggests that, ultimately, there is no truth or meaning behind what people value as meaningful, only individual interpretations of situations, events, and emotions based on personal motives for self-benefit Personal Ethic ✔✔Each person's unique understandings and convictions about what is right and wrong. Personal morality recognizes what is right and wrong for a person individually Personal Truth ✔✔Related to relative truth, personal truth is the idea that truth is defined by the individual and does not extend beyond that person Relative Ethics ✔✔The view that all morality, right and wrong, is individually or culturally created. This view believes there is no universal or objective right and wrong. Instead, individuals or cultures create their own morals, which are not considered better or worse than any other Relative Truth ✔✔The belief that truth is relative to a certain perception; therefore, in this view, truth is derived only within one's frame of reference Relativism ✔✔In epistemology, the belief that no statements or constructs are true at all times, for all eras, and for all persons other than mathematics. Societal Ethics ✔✔Each culture or society's unique understandings and convictions about what is right and wrong Special Revelation ✔✔Refers to the means God has used to reveal himself specifically to people through the Bible, the person of Jesus Christ, and to individuals as they seek him in prayer and devotion Truth ✔✔An accurate representation of reality. Statements or constructs that agree with facts Universal Ethics ✔✔The idea that some actions with certain intent are always right or always wrong for all humans Universal Principles ✔✔Foundational truths that can be universally applied to all persons and all times regardless of context that especially relate to moral thought and understanding of reality Universal Truth ✔✔An accurate representation of reality that is true at all times, for all eras, and for all persons Universals ✔✔In philosophy, truths or principles that are true at all times, for all eras, and for all persons. 2 corinthians ✔✔ [Show More]

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