actions, but the two are not the same. Our behavior is determined not only by our norms and ideals but also by the conflicting forces and changing circumstances that pressure our everyday lives. Furthermore, mental blueprints do not account for idiosyncratic variations. Worldviews serve a number of important cultural and social functions. First, as Brian Walsh notes (2006, 244–45), worldviews are our plausibility structures that provide answers to our ultimate questions: Where are we (what is the