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46 Cards in this Set
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Bible |
The holy book of Christians |
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Church |
The community of Christians |
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church (small c) |
The Christian place of worship |
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The Decalogue |
The 10 commandments |
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Democratic Processes |
The ways in which citizens can take part in the government (e.g. Elections) |
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Electoral processes |
The ways in which voted are organised |
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Political party |
A group that tires to be voted into government on the bases of its policies |
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Pressure group |
A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issuen |
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Conscience |
The inner feeling of the rightness of wrongness of an action |
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Situation ethics |
The Christian belief that they should base moral decisions on the most loving thing to do |
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The Golden Rule |
The teaching of Jesus that you should treat other people as you would like to be treated |
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Pollution |
The contamination of the environment |
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Surrogacy |
When a women carries a baby (becomes pregnant) for another women who is infertile - or another egg is donated and the husband fertilises it |
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Conservation |
The protection and preservation of the environment and natural resources |
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Weapons of mass destruction |
Weapons that can devastate large area and kills huge amounts of people |
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Pacifism |
The belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means |
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Just war |
A war fought in the right way for the right reasons |
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United Nations |
An international body set up to promote world peace |
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Aggressive |
Attacking without provocation |
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Exploitation |
Taking advantage of a weaker group or individual and using them to your own advantage |
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Respect |
Treating other people's feelings with consideration |
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World peace |
The ending of war through the entire world (aim of the UN) |
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Acid rain |
When pollutants make the rain more acidic (eg coal smoke) |
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Bullying |
Intimidating of frightening someone who may seem weaker then yourself |
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Forgiveness |
Pardoning a person for what they have done wrong |
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Reconciliation or Atonement |
Bring people back together after a dispute, being at one with each other |
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Sin |
An act against the will of God |
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Crime |
An action that goes again a particular law (or number of laws) |
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Law |
Rules made by parliament and enforced by the police and courts |
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Justice |
Due allocation of reward or punishment |
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Judgement |
The act of evaluating get people and their actions |
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Capital punishment |
State sponsored death penalty |
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Reform |
Educating criminals on why they have been punished, hopefully preventing them from committing crimes again |
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Eutrophication |
Then poisoning of rivers through toxic waste from factories |
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Deterrence |
The idea that punishments will deter people from committing crimes |
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Retribution |
The idea that punishment should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong |
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Rehabilitation |
Restoring back to normal life - usually after addiction |
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Responsibility |
Being responsible for your own actions |
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Addiction the |
A recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of its effects |
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Natural resources |
Naturally occurring materials such as oil and coal that are available to humans |
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Creation |
The act of crating the universe - God is the creator |
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Stewardship |
Looking after something for future generations (we are looking after the earth) |
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Artificial insemnation |
Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means |
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Embryo |
A fertilised egg in the fist 8 weeks of conception |
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Infertility |
The inability to have children (by natural means) |
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IVF |
In vitro fertilisation. The method of fertilising an egg in a test tube |
