Posts Tagged ‘philosophies’
Modernism and Post-Modernism
Modernism Opposes Truth Modernism is the belief that objective truth cannot be known because all truth is filtered through our perceptions filtered through our biases distorted by societal influences and authorities (who don’t know objective truth any better than anyone else) As a result of these interferences in our perception of truth, nobody can claim…
Read MoreThe Virtue of Prudence: Making Relationship a Priority
In this series on the Well-Ordered Life, we have taken a look at the challenge most Catholics face finding time to grow in their faith, where the moral virtue of prudence can help us. The reason that being too “busy” is the wrong way to look at time challenges Why we are so overwhelmed and the…
Read MoreAddressing Materialism with Students: Human Dignity
Attacking the main problem of Materialism One of the most devastating consequences of materialism is the destruction of human dignity. Whether we truly believe that we are nothing more than animals or whether we simply live as if there were no more to human life than the physical, we sacrifice human dignity. From Where Does…
Read MoreMaterialism
Stuck in This World Materialism is the philosophy that reality consists only in the physical and tangible. Materialists seek their ultimate happiness in physical pleasures and possessions. They don’t believe in spiritual goods and they don’t really value human nature. People who embrace materialism often teeter between living life to the fullest and falling into…
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