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Worldviews
1Research Associate, University of Birmingham; Visiting Lecturer, Centre for the Study of Faith, Science and Values in Healthcare, University of Gloucestershire, UK, email a.j.gray@doctors.net.uk.
Abstract:
Common human questions include 'Why are we here?' and 'How should we live?' The search for meaning, purpose and values is fundamental to most religions and philosophies. In the UK these views used to be derived from a shared Judaeo-Christian faith. People defined themselves as accepting or rebelling against the faith community. In postmodern times we no longer trust in meta-narrative and there is no consensus on how to deal with existential issues, nor on how to label and map the territory; some would deny that the territory even exists.