Points of view have no absolute truth or validity, having only
relative, subjective value according to differences in
perception and consideration. Principles and ethics are regarded
as applicable in only limited context. An absolute truth is
always correct under any condition. An entity’s ability to
discern these things is irrelevant to that state of truth.
Universal facts can be discovered. It is opposed to relativism,
which claims that there is not an unique truth. The only
authentic knowledge is that which is based on sense, experience
and positive verification. Scientific method is the best process
for uncovering the processes by which both physical and human
events occur. Knowledge arises from evidence gathered via sense
experience. Empiricism emphasizes the role of experience and
evidence, especially sensory perception, in the formation of
ideas, over the notion of innate ideas or tradition. Human
beings can lead happy and functional lives, and are capable of
being ethical and moral without religion or