1. WORLDVIEW DEFINITION
A person’s worldview is their personal understanding of why our world exists and how people should live here – the way that individuals see the world and think about their purpose for being here.

2. THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORLDVIEW SHOWN BELOW CONTRAST THREE GENERAL WAYS OF THINKING. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF ADAPTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS OF THESE GENERAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE WORLD.  
Individualistic Humanistic Religious ME ME GOD + + Others Me + Others Unlimited Freedom = Limited Freedom = Limited Freedom ex: ANARCHY ex: DEMOCRACY ex: THEOCRACY (Nobody rules) (Majority rules) (God rules)

3. Make a list of how you want to spend your time in your senior year before graduating What Matters To YOU?
Now make a list of how you actually spent your time on average over the last week.
Did any item overlap from these two lists?
How well do your commitments actually match your goals?

4. Choose five words that best describe your core values
Inspiring
Passionate
Respectful
Athletic
Fit
Courageous
Educated
Respected
Loving
Nurturing
Healthy
Dependable
Reliable
Loyal
Committed
Open-minded
Consistent
Honest
Efficient
Fame
Dignity
Innovative
Creative
Humorous
Fun-loving
Adventurous
Motivated
Positive
Optimistic
Wealth
Excellence
Family

5. Can you think of an example?
How might you deal with a situation where your core values come into conflict with one another?
Can you think of an example?

6. A course about Ethics & Religious Cultures acknowledges that individuals choose how to understand the world – and that each type of choice has consequences effecting how we treat ourselves and others. Since we live in the same world together, it is crucial that we understand different worldviews and become aware of how our choices and attitudes(ETHICS) affect the way we all live.

8. After listening to this story, what would you say matters most to the businessman and what matters to the young fisherman? (Value)

9. In your opinion, where do you think these conflicting feelings, judgments and behavior may have originated from for each of these men? (Frame of Reference)

10. Whose point of view would you agree with and why? (Norm)

11. How do you foresee each man’s perspective being affected by the other’s judgment? (World view)

12. What is the matter with what matters to each of these men
What is the matter with what matters to each of these men? (Ethical Issue /Ethical question)

13. QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
Journal Entry #1
List some of the things that are most important to you. (Values)
Pick one of the values you mentioned above and explain why it is so important to you.
Discuss where this value might have come from or developed. (Reference)
What could happen in the future to make you question this value?
What question would you ask yourself to help you come to a decision (Ethical Question)?