flashcards
UN stands for
United Nations
pacifism means
The belief in never using violence
Nelson Mandela was not a
pacifist
Holy war
a war where believers fight for a religious cause or God. It is probably controlled by a religious leader.
conditions on a just war
Just Cause, Declared by head of government, Good intention, Last resort, Chance of success, Proportional, Good gained greater than the war
inner jihad
struggles with the outside world
greater jihad
struggles that muslims face within themselves
WMD stands for
Weapons of mass destruction
the date the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
6th august 1945
• 3 reasons countries go to war:
Greed, Self-defence and retaliation
• Reconciliation
restoring of relationships
• an organisation that helps victims of war:
Christian Aid/Caritas/Tzu Chi Foundation
• one argument for the use of nuclear weapons:
: Acts as a deterrence/self-defence/shows power etc
one argument against the use of nuclear weapons
The loss of innocent civilian lives is not a proportional
• Forgiveness:
Showing grace and mercy; pardoning someone
• Prejudice:
holding biased (usually negative) opinions about an individual or a group of people
Discrimination
Treating someone differently because of their colour or age or sex
prejudice
called that is targeted at individuals with disability: Ableism
Discrimination based on gender is often known
Sexism
• The 2010 act aims to stop prejudice and discrimination
The 2010 Equality act
• apartheid mean:
‘apartheid’ (literally ‘apartness’ or ‘separateness’).
• the apartheid happened in South Africa from
1961 to 1994
• the name of the political party Nelson Mandela was involved in:
the African National Congress or ANC.
• Mandela was in prison for
27 years
• Malala fighting for Girls rights to
education
• The Taliban stopped Malala from going
school
• Taliban means
student
• Malala was from
Swat Valley, Pakistan
Malala was a
Muslim
how many human rights are there
30
UNDHR stands for
The Universal declaration of human rights
• Examples of human rights are:
Everyone is free, everyone is equal, no one can treat you as a slave
• Freedom of speech was violated in
Azerbaijan?
