Monday, September 10, 2007
Moral Philosophy
I believe that there is an ultimate truth, but my views so far are mixed between divine command, natural law, and in a way i believe in cultural relativism. I believe in God and that God and nature are combined. The thought that God is using nature to help us find truth about the world and about ourselves is very interesting. Because then the ideology would be that God is in everyone of us and all nature helping us find truth and ourselves. Instead of God as a lecturer God would be viewed as a catalyst to finding truth. This view sounds somewhat Buddhist. Instead of looking to be told what truth is and where to get morals from we are then expected to think and reflect not only on what we observe but include what we are told and the lessons we encounter in church and life in general. As far as cultural relativism goes, it is easy to see this idea in real life. This idea is the reason there are many conflicts between religions, races, and nations all over the world. Because we grow up in different places we have different experiences growing up and we are socialized differently causes conflicting views accross borders. It could be that the ultimate truth is to understand one another and listen, learn, and compromise seeing that we are all different according to societies rules.
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