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Issues of Good & Evil Flashcards

1
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Define relative morality

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The idea that what makes an act wrong is changes with the time and situation (situation ethics)

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2
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Define absolute morality

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Morals which are universal and never changed (murder is wrong)

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3
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Christian quote for death penalty

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'’An eye for an eye’’
-Old Testiment

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4
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Christian quote for justice

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'’let justice roll down like a river’’
Bible

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5
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Christian quotes to use against death penalty (2)

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Sanctity of life quotes
* ‘‘God controls if we live or die’’
* ‘‘I knit you in your mothers womb’’

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Where do Christians believe good comes from? (2)

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  • Comes from God who is good and created everything to be good
  • Good is revealed by God to Moses in the Commandments
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Where do Christians believe evil comes from? (4)

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  • The Fall
  • The Devil
  • God gave us free will and we abused that
  • They believe there is no such thing as Evil, just an absence of good
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Where do Buddhists believe good comes from? (3)

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  • Metta and Karuna
  • Nirvana
  • Skillfull acts, so good karma
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Where do Buddhists believe evil comes from? (3)

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  • The 3 poissions
  • Tanha
  • Mara
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What makes an act wrong/right (7)

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  • Going against the law
  • Goes against personal morals
  • Done with bad intentions
  • Not bringing the greatest happiness for the greatest number
  • Not the most loving thing to do
  • Goes against natural law
  • Goes against the 10 commandment
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Define morality

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Principles and standards determing which actions are right and wrong

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Define sin

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A deliberate act against God’s will

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13
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Define crime

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An act which goes against the law

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Define punishment

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Penalty given to someone for a crime commited

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Define justice

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Fariness / equal provisions provided for everyone

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16
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Define moral evil

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Human chosen evil

17
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Define natural evil and give an example

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Naturally enduced Evil e.g. earthquakes

18
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Causes of crime (7)

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  • Poor parenting
  • Poor education
  • Poverty
  • Addictions
  • Peer pressure
  • Unemployment
  • Poor mental health
19
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What are the aims of punishment (5)

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  • To maintain the law
  • To ensure revenge on the victim
  • Justice to ensure fairness
  • Reformation / to change the criminal
  • To stop people from commiting crimes again
20
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Christian quote showing only god can forgive

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'’father forgive them’’

21
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Christian example for forgiveness of criminals

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Jesus saved the adulterous woman and said that ‘‘he who has not sinned can cast the first stone’’

22
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Christian quote showing forgiveness

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'’Father forgive them for they not know what they do’’

23
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Buddhist quote to do with punishment

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'’we are not punished by our anger but for our anger’’ (the person already suffers for committing the crime)

23
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Describe the role of a prison chaplin (9)

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  • Can be Vicars / Rabbis
  • Counsel inmates
  • Help rehabilitate inmates
  • Pray and read the bible with them
  • Work with probation officers
  • Help prison staff
  • Prepare inmates for death row
  • Go to death cell with inmates
  • Care for inmates famiy
24
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name two prison reformers

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  • Elizabeth Fry
  • John Howard
25
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What did Elizabeth Fry do (3)

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Changed prisons to
* Teach prissoners to read and write
* Read the bible to prisoners
* Taught prisoners how to sew

26
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What did John Howard do (4)

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Changed prisons to
* Have clean water
* Seperate genders
* Have more officers
* Have more doctors

27
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Name a prison in need of reform

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Bedford Prison

28
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Define prison reformer

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Someone who attemps to improve the conditions of a prison

29
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What is the problem of evil / inconsistent triad (4)

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  • If God is omnibenevolent he should want to stop evil and therefore not be onmipotent
  • If God is omnipotent and can stop evil he is not omnibenevolent
  • If God is both omnibenevolent and omnipotent then evil does not exist
  • God doesn’t exist
30
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What does Augustine say in respond to the problem of evil (4)

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  • Evil is a punishment from God for human sin
  • Evil is an absence of Good
  • Evil comes from The Fall
  • To develop God’s likeness we must have free will and some people abuse this
31
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What do Irenaues & Hick say in respond to the problem of evil (2)

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  • It is a test from God
  • To develop God’s likeness we must have free will and some people abuse this
32
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What type of Christian was Augustine

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Catholic

33
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What type of Christians were Ireneaus & Hick

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Liberal

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