These open response writing prompts can be used as in-class reflections or as assessment activities.

a. Define value pluralism and connect it to religious pluralism, or the idea that there is common ground among the world's cultural and religious traditions.

b. Explain the difference between religious ethics and secular ethics.

c. Describe a libertarian view of religious ethics and how it connects to the paradox of toleration.

d. Critics argue that secularism is a Eurocentric concept. Explain what this means.

e. Explain divine command theory.