Good And Evil Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is morality
Right and wrong
What the different types of morality
Absolute morality
Relative morality
Conscience
Virtue
Sin
What is absolute morality and two strengths and weaknesses
When a person follows a set standard
Strengths: straight forward
Clear
Weaknesses: doesn’t consider circumstances
What is relative morality and two strengths and weaknesses
When morals are adapted
Strengths: people don’t feel pressure
Considers circumstances
Weaknesses: not clear
Don’t know what’s right and wrong
What is conscience
The inner voice which keeps a person on the the right track
What is virtues
Good qualities or characteristics
What is sin
Deliberate immoral actions
Outline the different causes of crimes
Poor education
Media
Peer pressure
Unemployment
Poor mental health
Drugs and alcohol
Poverty
Poor parenting
How do religious believers respond to criminal behaviour
Follow the teaches of Jesus
People should deter sin and crime by setting a good example.
They offer forgiveness
What are the 6 aims of punishment
Retribution
Reform
Vindication
Deterrence
Reparation
Protection
What does retribution mean
A sense of revenge on behalf of those who have wronged
What does Reparation mean
Criminals should pay for what they have done
What does vindication mean
The law must be upheld and protected
What is Christian views on punishment
Forgiveness
People should be treated humanly
Recognise the causes of crime
Reformation
What are Jewish views on punishment
Criminals must take responsibility
Deter and protect
Justice
Not excessive or disproportionate
Time for reflection
Forgiving
What are three things that prison chaplains do
Provide counselling
Provide opportunities to reflect
Help criminals re-enter society
What was the work of old prison reformers
Provide clothes and bedding
Teach inmate skills
Set up education
What was the work of new prison reformers
Reduce unnecessary imprisonment
Provide community solutions
Improve treatment and conditions
Promote equality and human rights
How do Christians believe that they must resist sin by doing what?
Following the rules in the Bible, such as the 10 Commandments
Thinking about what would Jesus do
Receiving holy communion
Being baptised and cleanse with holy water
Attending church to listen to sermon from priest/vicar
To have faith in Jesus to receive salvation from sin?
How do Jews believe that they must resist sin by doing what?
Read the Torah
Visit synagogue
Speak to Rabbi
Follow 613 mitzvot
Pray every Sabbath Amidah ‘ confess’
What are key quotes for good and evil?
‘ an eye for an eye’
‘ forgive those who trespass against you’
‘ all are made in the image of God’
‘ love thy neighbour’
‘ pray for those who persecute you’
‘ thou shall not kill’
‘ turn the other cheek’
‘ 70×7 you must forgive’
‘ I will bring them back to this place and let them dwell secure. They shall be my people and I shall be their God.’
