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CityUponaHill Ch15
A HTG 100 City Upon a Hill Chapter 15 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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American Exceptionalism | The idea that the American experience was different or unique from others, and therefore America had a unique or special role in the world, such as a city upon a hill |
Greek cardinal virtues | Elements of Greek arete |
Christian Virtues | Ideals of morality based on Christian principles, meekness, compassion, love for one’s neighbor, etc., that people should lead lives of common decency and public uprightness |
Morality | A system of conduct based on beliefs of right and wrong |
Liberty | An ideal of freedom from oppression, tyranny, and government, allowing individuals to pursue happiness through positive action |
Modernism | A cultural movement embracing human empowerment and rejecting traditionalism as outdated. Rationality, industry, and technology were cornerstones of progress and human achievement |
Postmodernism | A skeptical paradigm that critiques the ideals of modernism such as materialism and rational purpose and questions the true objectivity of viewpoints |