Organ donation
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
Bible
The holy book of christians
Decalogue
The ten commandments
The church
The community of church (with a small c means a christian place of worship
Situation ethics
The idea that christmans should base moral discisions on what is the most loving thing to do
Human rights
The rights and freedom to which everyone is entitled
Democratic processes
The ways in which citizens can take part in the goverment
Golden rule
The teaching of jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you
Pressure group
A group foamed to influence government policy on a particular issue
Political party
A group in which trys to be elected to be in power of a particular issue
Electoral processes
The way in which voting is organised
Global warming
The increase in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere (to be thought to be caused by green house effect
Natural resources
Naturally occuring materials, such as oil and fertile land which can be used by humans
Conservation
Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
Creation
The act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created
Environment
The surroundings in which plant and animals live on and depend to live
Stewardship
Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation
Artificial insemination
Inserting semen into the uterus by artifical means
Embryo
A fertilised egg in its first 8 weeks of conception
Infertility
Not being able to have children
IVF
The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube
Omniscient
The belief that god knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen
Prayer
An attempt to contact god usually through words
Social change
The way in which society has changed and is changing (and also possible change in the future)
Sexism
Descriminating against people because of there gender
Conflict resolution
Bringing a fight or a conflict to a peaceful conclusion
Religious pluralism
Accepting all religions as havjng a equal right to coexist
The united nations
An international body set up to promote world peace and co-operation
Religious freedom
The right to practice your religion and change your religion
World peace
The ending of war throughout the whole world ( the basic aim of the united nation)
Racism
The belief that some religion are better than others
Just war
A war that is fought for the right reasons and in the right way
Racial harmony
Diffrent races/coulors living together happily
Pacifism
The belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means
Prejudice
Believing that someone is superior without even meeting them
Weapons of mass destruction
Weapons that can destroy large areas and amounts of people
Multi-ethnic society
Many different races and cultures living together with in one society
Bullyinng
Frightening/intimidating someone weaker than yourself
Interfaith marriages
Marriage where husband and wife are from different religions
Respect
Treating a person or there feelings with consideration
Ethnic minority
A member of a ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the minority group
Forgiveness
Stopping blaming someone and/or pardoning them for something they have done
Discrimination
Treating someone less favourite because of there religion/race/gender/sexuality/age and class
Reconciliation
Bringinf together people who were opposed from eachother
Community cohesion
A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society
Aggression
Attacking without being provoked
Re-marriage
Marrying again after being divorced from a different marriage
Exploytation
Taking advantage of a weaker group
Re-constituted family
Where two sets of children (step sisters and step brothers) come together to foam one family when thier divorced parents marry
Crime
An act against the law
Promiscuity
Having sex with a number of people without committing
Judgement
An act of judging people and thier actions
Procreation
Making new life
Justice
Due allocation or reward and punishment/the maintaince of what is right
Pre-marrrital sex
Sex before marriage
Law
Rules made by the parliament and enforced by the courts
Nuclear family
Mother, father and children living as a unit
Capital punishment
The death penalty for a crime or an offence
Homosexuality
Sexual attractions to those of the same sex
Deterrence
The idea that punishment should be of such a naturethat they will be put of commiting the crimes
Faithfulness
Staying with your marriage partner and only havjng sex with them
Rehabilitation
Restore of normal life
Contraception
Intentionally preventing from pregnancy from happening
Reform
The idea that punishments should try change criminals so they will not commit crimes again
Cohabitation
Living together without being married
Retribution
The idea that punishments should maje cfiminals pay for what they have done
Civil partnerships
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same rights as husband and wife
Sins
An act against the will of god
Adultery
An sexual act between a married person and someone from the outside of that marriage
Addiction
A recurring composition to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects
Voluntary euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someonein great pain asks for death
Responsibility
Being responsible for ones actions
Quality of life
The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living
Agnosticism
Not being sure weather god exists
Non voluntary euthanasia
Ending someones life painlessly when they and unable to ask but you have a good reason why theyd be thinking to do so
Atheism
Belief that god doesnt exist
Euthanasia
The painless killing of someone dying from a painfull disease
Omnipotent
The belief that god is all powerful
Immortality of the soul
The idea that the soul carries on after the body is dead
Omni-benevolent
The belief that god is all-loving
Resurrection
The belieg that after death the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when the body is then raised
Numinous
The feeling of the presence of something greater than you
Near death experience
When someone whos about to die has an out of body experience (one that cant be explained)
Natural evil
Things that cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans
Paranormal
Unexplained things that are thought to be spiritual causes eg. Ghost /mediums
Moral evil
Actions done by humans that cause suffering
Reincarnation
The belief that after death souls are reborn into a new body
Miracle
Somethi g that seems to break the laws of science and makes you think of what could have done it
Abortion
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
Free will
The belief that humans are able to make there own choices
Sacitity of life
The belief that life is holy and belongs to god
Conversion
When your life is changed by giving yourself to god
Assisted suicide
Providing a seriously ill person with the idea to comit suicide
Surrogacy
An arrangement whereby a women bears a child of behlaf of another women or when an egg is fertilised by the man through IVF and then implanted in the women uterus