Religion And Sexuality Test 2

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Unilateral Power

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When one group has unlimited power over another group. This is significant because in many instances and religious affiliations give unilateral power to different groups... ex. men over women, clergy over the flock...

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Objectification

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The process of treating a subject like an object. It's significant in religion for many dictates the way we view and treat individuals. Ex. in many religions and cultures women are objectified and seen as only useful for procreation and assuaging men's sexual desires. ex2. How we regard the non human is also important because some people are sometimes seen as being non-human.

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Instrumental Value

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The value of anything consists in its usefulness to those who are in a position to use it. It's significant because in some circles people are sometimes only as important as how they can benefit those around them. Ex.In some cultures women are only as valuable as the amount of children they can bear and then by how many of those children are actually males.

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Internal Relationships

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When another persons feelings affect your own and you make decision based on them. (modern negates internal relationships) This is significant because it affects the way we treat other people and how we make decisions.

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Critical Realism

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Affirms an objective to reality but at the same time acknowledges the subjective. This is significant because it allows us to realize a person's actual self as well as the way people perceive them to be.

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Creative Conversation

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Is a conversation when not only do people just talk about others but also talks with them. This is significant because how an outsider views a group is not usually how that group views itself.

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External Relationship

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Relationships where the feelings and thoughts of others are not considered when one makes decisions. The significance of this is that in peoples religious and sexual decisions they don't consider the needs of others around them.

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Domination System

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When one group is given unilateral power over another.

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Practical Reason

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The question asks "What should we do>" Ex. We can have sex with out creating a baby but should we have sex... from a human sexuality stand pt... will this benefit the relationship or hurt it... from a religious stand point... does it go against our beliefs

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Panentheism

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The belief that God is everything and everything is God. Ex Fish is in the water water is in fish.But if you separate fish from water it dies but water can go on without fish.

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Liberation System

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A system where no one group is put in power over another.

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Relational Power

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When one person doesn't attempt to take power away from the other person they're in a relationship with. Instead when one person gains power they use it to try and empower their partner. This is important because that means that in sexual relationships one person isn't objectified. It's also important because it means that from a religious stand point one group isn't trying to belittle or demean another group but instead trying to better the congregation as a whole.

It also tends to affirm all forms of sexuality.

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Technical Reasoning

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The question it asks is What can we do. Ex. Can we have sex without getting pregnant?

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Spiritualist Dualism

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There are at least two aspects or elements that can be distinguished. Say Body and soul are distinguishalbe , seperable and herarchiably related... soul is higher than body

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Sexist Dualism

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The systematic subordination of women in church and society, within interpersonal relationships, within interpersonal relationships between men and women as well as within linguistic patterns and thought formulations by which women are dominated. Men and women are distinguishable and are essentially different... Men are superior to women in intelligence, spirituality etc. Men are associated with soul women are associated with the lesser body.

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Idea of Progress

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The future will and can be better than the past or present.

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Process of Progress

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All of the technologies and forms of power have made the present and will make the future better than the past.

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Predicament of Progress

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These new powers have made the present better but it has also called the future into question. The future can be better or worst we just don't know.

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Intrinsic Value

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Everything and everyone has a given/God given value no one should just be used and discarded. Therefore it is always wrong to use and objectify people. The belief that someone or something is valuable just because it is as opposed to how much it can benefit somoene else.