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Answer the following questions. Anthropological Beliefs What is Man? Man may be merely a cosmic accident or just one step in the directionless chain of evolution. Maybe you believe that though Man is an evolutionary step. What is Man’s place in the universe? Man may be an infinitesimally, insignificant part of the universe or a key step in the progress of evolution towards new and better beings. He may be merely a part of earth’s global ecosystem. Does Man have free will? Perhaps not: perhaps we are mechanisms, slaves to our instincts and/or conditions and events beyond our control. Perhaps we are puppets of God, acting out a script that we had no part in writing. What ought Man to do? Maybe you believe that you have no obligation to anyone or anything beyond yourself (if you so choose). Or maybe you do have a responsibility for the well-being of the universe in general and Man in particular. Perhaps you have a responsibility to believe in, love, obey, even enter into communion with God. Is Man basically good or evil? Axiological Beliefs What is value? What kinds of value are there? Is value objective or relative?
