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48 Cards in this Set

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Bible

The holy book of Christians

Church

The community of Christians and a place of worship

Conscience

The inner feeling of rightness or wrongness of an action

The Decalogue

The Ten Commandments

Democratic processes

The ways in which all citizen can take part in government usually through elections

Electoral processes

The ways in which voting is organised

The golden rule

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

Human rights

The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled

Political party

A group which tried to be elected into power on the basis of its policies, conservatives for eg

Pressure group

A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue

Situation 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

Artificial insemination

Injecting semen into the the uterus by artificial means

Conservation

Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

Creation

The act of creating the universe or the universe which had been created

Embryo

A fertilised egg in first eight weeks of conception

Global warming

The increase in the temperature of the earths atmosphere thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect

Environment

The surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they dependto live

Infertility

Not being able to conceive or have children

IVF

The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube

Natural resources

Naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans

Organ donation

Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery

Stewardship

Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation

Surrogacy

An arrangement 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

Aggression

Attacking without being provoked

Bullying

Intimidating people relate than yourself

Conflict resolution

Bringing a fight or struggle to a peaceful conclusion.

Exploitation

Taking advantage of a weaker group

Forgiveness

Stopping blaming someone and or pardoning them for what they have done wrong

Just war

A war which is fought fought for the right reasons in the right way

Pacifism

The belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means

Reconciliation

Bringing together people who were opposed to each other

Respect

Treating a person or their feelings with consideration

The united nations

An international body set up to promotes 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. The aim of the UN

Addiction

A recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects

Capital punishment

The death penalty for a crime or offence

Crime

An act against the law

Deterrence

The idea that punishments should be of such nature that they will put people off (deter) committing crimes

Judgement

The act of judging people and their actions

Justice

Due allocation of reward and punishment. The maintenance of what is right

Law

Rules made by parliament and enforcement by the courts

Reform

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

Rehabilitation

Restore to normal life

Responsibility

Being responsible for ones actions

Tetributuon

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

Sin

An act against the will on God