General Philosophy 1 Flashcards
What does spouse mean?
A marital partner (wife/husband)
What does sibling mean?
a brother or sister
What word means only having one partner?
Monogamy
What word means having more than one spouse?
Polygamy
What religions allow polygamy?
Muslim, Mormon
What is contraception?
It is when sexually active partners prevent conceiving a child (birth control) through the use of condoms, the pill or other methods.
Give 2 contrasting religious beliefs about contraception.
Should not be used to prevent having children altogether/can be used for spacing children/economic reasons, eg prevent child being born into deprivation/mother’s health/welfare of other children/allow couple to develop relationship before having children/prevent STDs/use of contraception considered wrong by some religions, eg purpose of marriage is procreation/sex act should be open to possibility of conceiving a child/God will not send more children than a couple can care for/should be acceptable only within marriage
‘Men and women should not have equal rights.’ Evaluate this statement.
Arguments in support * women do not have equal rights in practice even if they have them in law/women’s pay is below that of men’s pay for similar jobs/many areas of employment are still considered inappropriate for women/top levels of management have fewer women than men/government/financial services run mainly by men, etc * some traditional religious believers think women’s place is in the home looking after children/looking after the household/educating children in the faith/these expectations may restrict choices for women who have family responsibilities/some religions restrict the rights of women to initiate divorce, etc * women faced is crimination in the workplace/unfair interviews/sexual harassment by colleagues/lack of promotion/sexual stereotyping, etc.
