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48 Cards in this Set

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Addiction

A reccuring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of it's bad effects
Aggression
Attacking without being provoked
Artificial insemination
Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means
Bible
The holy book of Christians
Bullying
intimidating/frightnening people weaker than yourself

Capital punishment

The death penalty for a crime or offence
Church
The community of Christians
Conflict resolution
Bringing a fight or struggle to a peaceful conclusion
Conscience
An inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action
Conservation
Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

Creation

The act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created
Crime
An act against the law
Democratic Processes
The ways in which all citizens can take part in the government (usually through elections)
Deterrence
The idea that punishment should be of such a nature that they will put people off committing crimes
Electoral processes
The ways in which voting is organised

Embryo

A fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception
Environment
The surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live
Exploitation
Taking advantage of a weaker group
Forgiveness
Stopping blaming someone and/or pardoning them for what they have done wrong

Global warming

The increase in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere
Human Rights
The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled
In-vitro fertilisation (IVF)
The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube
Infertility
Not being able to have children

Judgement

The act of judging people and their actions

Just war

A war fought for the right reasons and in a right way
Justice
Due allocation of reward and punishment / the maintenance of what is right
Law
Rules made by partliament and enforceable by the courts
Natural resources
Naturally occuring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans
Organ donation
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
Pacifism

The belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means

Political party
A group which tries to be elected into power on the basis of its policies (e.g. labour, conservative)
Pressure group

A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue

Reconciliation
Bringing together people who were opposed to each other
Reform

The idea that punishment should try to change criminals so that they will not commit crimes again

Rehabilitation

Restore to normal life

Respect

Treating a person or their feelings with consideration

Responsibility

Being responsible for your own actions.

Retribution
The idea that punishments should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong

Sin

An act against the will of God
Situaton ethics
The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do

Social change

The way in which society has changed and is changing (and also the possibilities for future change)
Stewardship
Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation

Surrogacy

An arragngement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman or where an egg is donated and fertilised by the husband through IVF and then implanted into the wife's uterus

The Decalogue

The Ten Commandments

The Golden Rule

The teaching of Jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you

The United Nations

An international body set up to promote world peace and cooperation
Weapons of mass destruction
Weapons which can destroy large areas and numbers of people
World Peace
The ending of war throughout the whole world