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Flashcards by caitlinlauratee, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by caitlinlauratee
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Bible | The holy book of Christians |
| Church | The community of Christians (church with a small 'c' means a Christian place of worship) |
| Conscience | an inner feeling of rightness or wrongess of an action |
| the Decalogue | The Ten Commandments |
| Democratic processes | The ways in which all citizens 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 them to treat you. |
| Human rights | The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled. |
| 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. |
| 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 (and also the possibilities for future change). |
| Environmental and medical issues | Section 2 |
| Artificial insemination | Injecting semen into 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 has been created. |
| 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. |
| Global warming | The increase in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere (thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect). |
| Infertility | Not being able to have children. |
| In-vitro fertilisation (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 passe don 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. |
| Peace and conflict | Section 3 |
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