moralityDistinction between right and wrong
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Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
metaphysicsTheoretical philosophy of being and knowing
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The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, identity, time, and space.
transvaluationA major change in value system
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The process of reassessment of values especially leading to major changes in moral, social, or aesthetic values.
asceticOne who renounces material comforts
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A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
perspectivismTheory that knowledge and truth are relative
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The philosophical view that all ideations take place from particular perspectives, and that there are many possible conceptual schemes, or perspectives which determine any possible judgment of truth or value.
nihilismRejection of all moral principles
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The rejection or renunciation of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.