Human Rights Flashcards
Censorship-
the practice of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered obscene, offensive or a threat to security.
People may also be restricted in their speech by censorship laws
Example:
School
Discrimination-
Acts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently, based on prejudice
Example:
Sexism
Extremism-
Believing in and supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.
Example:
kkk
Human rights-
The basic entailments of all human beings, afforded to them simply because their human.
Example:
An education
Personal conviction-
Something a person strongly feels or believes in
Example:
Martin Luther king, 1960, racism
Prejudice-
Pre-judging: judging people to be inferior or superior without cause
Example:
Race
Relative and absolute poverty:
relative poverty- a standard of poverty measured in relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives, eg. liming on less than X% of average UK income.
Example- transportation
absolute poverty - an acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of their human needs.
Example- most prevalent in eswatini
Social justice-
promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity. Ensuring that everyone has equal access to provisions, equal opportunities and rights.
Example:
The civil rights movement
Buddhist beliefs to support ideas
5-4-3
Precepts
Noble truths
Poisons
What are the 5 precepts
-do not kill
-do not steal
-do not misuse sex
-do not misuse speech
-do not partake in intoxication
What are the 4 noble truths
The Buddha spoke of the 4 noble truths at his first ever teaching
They central teaching of buddhism
- All life involves Dukka. This includes physical and mental
- The origin of suffering is craving (samudaya)
- The truth of cessation - the end of suffering
- Follow the middle way and the eightfold pathway
What are the 3 poisons?
-avoid greed
-avoid ignorance
-avoid hatred
What would the buddha do?
-metta loving kindness
-karuna compassion
-1st precept- do not harm
-8 fold path
What would Jesus do?
-sanctity of life
-10 commandments
-parable of Lazarus
-agape- selfless love
-“image of God”
-“God created all humans as equals”Galations
Solving poverty
- soup kitchen
- food banks
- karuna trust (end discrimination )
- free school meals
Christian Aid
Attitudes:
• aims to challenge systems that favour the rich
• reflects a belief that God loves all and the dignity of all human life
• committed to being effective stewards of the planet’s resources.
Actions:
• organises projects to educate people
• runs campaigns and Fairtrade activities
• works cooperatively with faith and secular groups
• publicises examples of inequality and poverty.
Martin luther king
• As a Christian he believed in Jesus’ teaching on love and non-violence, and that all humans were equal in the eyes of God.
• He believed in and dreamed of a world where people would not be discriminated against because of their race, but would be equal citizens.
• He gave speeches, organised campaigns and protest marches - all of which were peaceful and non-violent - to promote equality for all.
• He said: We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.’
• He said: Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
Christian beliefs about wealth
• Spiritual values are the most important.
• A person’s value should be based on their actions rather than their possessions.
• Being wealthy is not bad or wrong; it depends how the wealth was acquired.
• Many Christians oppose gambling, particularly Methodists and Quakers, because it encourages greed or the love of money for its own sake.
• Most Christians believe giving to charities and those in need is an important part of their faith. Some give a tenth of their income (a tithe to good causes.
The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke
16:19-31) warns of putting great store by riches:
• The rich man, who had everything in life.
Buddhist beliefs about wealth
• Giving to those in need is an important virtue.
• Siddhartha Gautama’s example was to leave behind a life of riches.
• We should avoid the extremes of having everything or having nothing, by following the Middle Way.
• It is important to gain money honestly.
Giving to others is one of the most important Buddhist virtues.
• Whoever in your kingdom is poor, to him let some help be given: (Cakkavatti Sihananda
Suttal
What is the acquisition of wealth
• being paid for work, especially if it is a high salary job, such as a sports star, or TV presenter
• running their own business; some grow rapidly and become valuable
• inheritance, from a relative who has died
• criminal activity, such as fraud or burglary
• gambling in its various forms.
what does christian aid do to help alleviate poverty?
-charity
-raise money
-fight injustice
-respond to humanitarian emergencies with resources such as food, shelter, medical equipment ect.
-campaign for change
Examples of religious extremism:
KKK:
-extremist group who claims to be christian
-white supremacist group
-long history of violence in America
-discriminated against people due to race
Westboro Baptist Church:
-extreme views on homosexuality
-picket the funerals of soldiers
-often known for protesting and holding discriminatory signs
Christian/Buddhist teachings about equality:
Christianity has many teachings to support the idea of equality.
• “there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”
• Genesis - God created all people - “So God created mankind in his own image”
• Parable of Woman at the Well - Jesus does not discriminate towards this woman despite her previous actions.
Buddhism
- karuna- compassion and metta
loving kindness
christian/buddhist teachings about the dignity of human life:
christians support the dignity of human life because they believe:
• All life is created by God and is therefore special. “So God created mankind in his own image”
Sanctity of Life
Jesus taught to love thy neighbour’
Buddhism- supports dignity of human life
-5 precepts
-parable of the blind turtle
-karuna/metta
christian/buddhist beliefs about prejudice and discrimination:
christianity- prejudice and discrimination is wrong
-equality “created in the image of God”
-parable of the women at the well
-parable of the good samaritan
- “Love thy neighbour”
- “why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”
