Christian Perspective, Postmodern Relativism, and Scientism

Worldview Analysis & Personal Inventory
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Worldview Analysis and Personal Inventory
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Worldviews are essential because they help individuals and societies to frame important things like laws and regulations that impact different sectors. For instance, the Christian worldview or postmodern relativism are examples of perceptions used to frame the functionality of the public health system. Postmodern relativists hold no constant, definite, and universal belief. Instead, they contend that knowledge is local, relative, and influenced by particular values and cultures (Forghani, Keshtiaray, & Yousefy, 2015). In healthcare, such a view calls for respect for diversity, plurality, relativism of truth or reality, and different views of special knowledge. Health professionals who hold this view rely on scientific approaches to healthcare and believe there are forces beyond science's capabilities. However, because it relies on subjective truths, this worldview does not have a solid foundation to base one's worldview and ethics. On the other hand, the Christian worldview differs from relativism because it advocates for a universal truth: God's existence and his boundless influence on humanity.
From a spiritual point of view, Christianity also has a significant impact on shaping healthcare. The belief in the Holy Trinity, acceptance of Jesus's resurrection, and recognition of God as the creator provide a divine foundation. In other words, based on the universal truth it holds, the Christina worldview calls for objective morality. Since this truth is universal, it applies to all people within healthcare at all times and places. This means that unlike the postmodern relativist view of healthcare, the Christian perception holds for a standard that applies to all. This is a crucial point of collision between the two worldviews, given the perceived role of cultures and different religions.
Q2
While postmodern relativism is rooted in science, it diverges from scientism because it considers forces beyond science. Scientism is a worldview that holds that science and the scientific method are the best or only objective means by which knowledge can be obtained, developed, and utilized to solve humanity's problems. A key pillar in this worldview is that something that cannot be scientifically explained does not exist. Every assumption should be supported by solid evidence to make it accurate. Opponents of this worldview argue that scientism is self-refuting. It fails to meet its standard of knowing what is true or accurate. For instance, experimentation and sensory experience fail to show that 'science' is the only way of knowing the truth about the world.
Opponents of scientism also caution on the existential costs of this worldview (Hietanen et al., 2020). Going by the argument that science is the only way to know about the world, it can be concluded that there are many things humans assume they know, yet they do not. For example, a historian holds knowledge about the past, and obtaining this historical knowledge is not necessarily based on scientific proof or evidence. Instead, history is based on the tes...