Week 2 Understanding the Times

Question 1

Define Secular Humanism

Answer 1

humanism, with regard in particular to the belief that humanity is capable of morality and self-fulfilment without belief in God.

Question 2

Define socialism

Answer 2

A political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

Question 3

Why is having the right worldview so important?

Answer 3

IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

Question 4

Define Marxism

Answer 4

GOAL TO OBTAIN A CLASSLESS SOCIETY.

A political, economic, and social theory by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels which proposes the temporary dictatorship of the lower classes, redistribution of wealth, and abolition of private property with the goal of obtaining a classless society.

Question 5

Define Fascism

Answer 5

Religion of the state.

Question 6

What are the 3 revolutions of secularism?

Answer 6

1) Shift from theo-centrism to anthropo-centrism.
2) Shift from absolute to process view of existence.
3) Shift from antithetical to synthetic way of thinking