intro to civics Flashcards
Community
a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society
Government
the system to govern a state or community.
Government
Government
Values
individual beliefs that motivate people to act one way or another
Morals
your ideas about right and wrong, especially how you should act and treat other people
Welfare
helth and happyness of all
Equality
the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities
Unity
allows you to accomplish different types of tasks related to the game production process
Independent
ot influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself:
Dependent
relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc
Fair
If someone says, “That’s not fair!” they mean whatever happened wasn’t just or done in an unbiased way
Equity
fairness and justice
Diversity
having a range of people with various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds and various lifestyles, experience, and interests
Honesty
uprightness of character or action
Sovereign
one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
Ethics
examines the rational justification for our moral judgments; it studies what is morally right or wrong, just or unjust
Determination
the act of deciding definitely and firmly.
Justice
ustice is the ethical, philosophical idea that people are to be treated impartially, fairly, properly, and reasonably by the law and by arbiters of the law,
Social Contract
an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits,
Superior
situated higher u for goverment.
Inferior
they are regarded as less important because they have less status or ability
Federal
pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states
Constitutional
having to do with the document that is the foundation of a government
State Government
consist of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.
Local Government
counties, also known as boroughs in Alaska and parishes in Louisiana, and municipalities, or cities/towns.
Compromise
a way of reaching agreement in which each person or group gives up something that was wanted in order to end an argument or dispute.
Negotiate
to confer with another so as to settle some matter.
Hierarchy
a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance, for example in society or in a company
Philosophy
ove of wisdom.”
State of Nature
The state of nature, for Rousseau, is a morally neutral and peaceful condition in which (mainly) solitary individuals act according to their basic urges (for instance, hunger) as well as their natural desire for self-preservation.
