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48 Cards in this Set
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Bible |
The holy book of Christians |
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Church |
The community of Christians and a place of worship |
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Conscience |
The inner feeling of rightness or wrongness of an action |
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The Decalogue |
The Ten Commandments |
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Democratic processes |
The ways in which all citizen can take part in government usually through elections |
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Electoral processes |
The ways in which voting is organised |
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The golden rule |
The teaching of Jesus that you should treat others as you would like to be treated |
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Human rights |
The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled |
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Political party |
A group which tried to be elected into power on the basis of its policies, conservatives for eg |
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Pressure group |
A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue |
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Situation ethics |
The Idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do |
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Social change |
The way in which society has changed and is changing |
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Artificial insemination |
Injecting semen into the the uterus by artificial means |
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Conservation |
Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment |
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Creation |
The act of creating the universe or the universe which had been created |
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Embryo |
A fertilised egg in first eight weeks of conception |
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Global warming |
The increase in the temperature of the earths atmosphere thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect |
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Environment |
The surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they dependto live |
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Infertility |
Not being able to conceive or have children |
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IVF |
The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube |
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Natural resources |
Naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans |
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Organ donation |
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery |
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Stewardship |
Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation |
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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 |
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Aggression |
Attacking without being provoked |
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Bullying |
Intimidating people relate than yourself |
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Conflict resolution |
Bringing a fight or struggle to a peaceful conclusion. |
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Exploitation |
Taking advantage of a weaker group |
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Forgiveness |
Stopping blaming someone and or pardoning them for what they have done wrong |
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Just war |
A war which is fought fought for the right reasons in the right way |
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Pacifism |
The belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means |
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Reconciliation |
Bringing together people who were opposed to each other |
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Respect |
Treating a person or their feelings with consideration |
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The united nations |
An international body set up to promotes world peace and cooperation |
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Weapons of mass destruction |
Weapons which can destroy large areas and numbers of people |
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World peace |
The ending of war throughout the whole world. The aim of the UN |
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Addiction |
A recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects |
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Capital punishment |
The death penalty for a crime or offence |
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Crime |
An act against the law |
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Deterrence |
The idea that punishments should be of such nature that they will put people off (deter) committing crimes |
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Judgement |
The act of judging people and their actions |
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Justice |
Due allocation of reward and punishment. The maintenance of what is right |
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Law |
Rules made by parliament and enforcement by the courts |
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Reform |
The idea that punishments should try to change criminals so that they will not commit again |
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Rehabilitation |
Restore to normal life |
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Responsibility |
Being responsible for ones actions |
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Tetributuon |
The idea that punishments should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong |
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Sin |
An act against the will on God |