Define relativism
What will be an ideal response?
Relativism is the claim that what is true for one person or one people might not be true for another person or another people (i.e., culture). At its most extreme, the claim is that every idea is as good as any other, something that even the most die-hard relativist cannot possibly take seriously (as attractive as it may be to unprepared or uninformed students).
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Assume that your life is a story. Who are the major characters, and how does the plot unfold? How does the hero of the story (you) personally develop and grow as the plot unfolds? Is your story a tragedy, a comedy, or something else? What are the major conflicts that the characters have to confront? What do you anticipate the next chapter in the story will be? How does viewing your life as a
story alter your sense of your life's meaning? What will be an ideal response?
Technician A says that the shop that performed the A/C system retrofit must be identified on the retrofit label. Technician B says that the new refrigerant installed must be identified on the retrofit label. Who is correct?
A. Technician A only B. Technician B only C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B
The truth-value of empirical statements is
a. a matter of observation, actual or in principle b. a matter of logical form only c. not determined by observation but by thinking d. not a matter of thinking but of experiment
Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the book of Deuteronomy?
A. Priestly functions B. Central sanctuary C. Law D. Retribution principle