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Animal experimentation

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Scientific testing on animals

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Animal rights

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The legal and moral entitlements of animals

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Cloning

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Making an exact copy of an animal using its genetic code

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Companionship

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Animals that provide friendship and company

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Extinction

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When a species dies out

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Factory Farming

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Farming that keeps the animals in small cages and treats animals like objects and not sentient beings

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Fur trade

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Buying and selling animal furs or skins

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Genetic modification

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Changing the genetic code of an animal to change its characteristics

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Hunting

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Tracking and killing animals

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Ivory trade

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Buying and selling elephant tusks

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Vegetarianism or Veganism

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The idea that people should only eat non-meat products or Vegans don’t eat any products from animals e.g. milk; eggs

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Zoos

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Organisations that keep animals for the entertainment of visitors and or or in order to conserve species

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Crime against religion

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an offence against religion. They may or may not be classified as crime.

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Capital punishment

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Death penalty

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Community service

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Perform some kind of activity as a punishment – e.g. cleaning parks

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Conscience

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‘Inner voice’ that helps people to make moral decisions

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Crime

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An act that is against the law

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Crime against property

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Crimes against property. taking or damaging somebody else’s belongings. e.g. burglary

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Crime against the person

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Crime against the person. crime is directed against an individual or group of people. e.g. murder

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Crime against the state

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Crimes against the state. a country. e.g. selling military documents

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Deterrence

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Putting people off from committing crimes; by punishing others

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Duty

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Something that we owe or ought to do

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Fines

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Have to pay money as a punishment

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Imprisonment

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Locking someone up – restricting their freedom

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Law

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Rules enforced by an authority; with the threat of punishment

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Order

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Society working as we would expect it to – i.e. peacefully

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Parole

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When a prisoner is released before the end of a sentence; the parole officer will keep an eye on them

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Prison reform

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Improving conditions within prisons

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Probation

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Is when a person has to check in and has their activities watched

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Protection

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Keeping the public safe from harm

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Punishment

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A consequence enforced as a result of wrongdoing

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Reformation

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Changing someone’s behaviour to make them law-abiding citizens

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Reparation

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So that people can ‘pay’ for what they have done

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Responsibility

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Something that we owe somebody else

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Retribution

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Revenge

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Tagging

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Tracking someone’s movements by attaching a ‘tag’ to them – their movement might be limited

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Vindication

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If you don’t punish; law is meaningless. Giving people a reason to follow the law

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Young offender

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Someone under 18 who has committed a crime

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Body

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The physical being

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Classification of drugs

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A; B and C – A being the most dangerous.

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Illegal drug

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A drug that cannot be bought or sold legally

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Legal Drug

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A drug that can be bought or sold legally – ‘over the counter’ or ’age-restricted’

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Medicine

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Treatment to improve the wellbeing. physical or mental. of someone

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Mind

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The faculty of thought

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Recreational drug

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A drug that is taken solely for entertainment purposes

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Rehabilitation

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Helping someone to come back into society; after they have had an addiction. or other anti-social problem)

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Sanctity of Life

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Belief that all life is sacred; God-given - there is no good reason for killing anything or one

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Taxation

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Money that is paid direct to the government

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Active Euthanasia

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When a person is administering drugs solely with the purpose of ending life

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Ageism

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Prejudice against people on the grounds of their age

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Care home

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A facility where elderly people are looked after

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Death

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irreversible cessation of all vital functions

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Euthanasia

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Enabling someone to die

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Hospice

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A place where patient can receive palliative care before they die. palliative vs curative)

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Life after death

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The belief in the existence of a person after their death

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Life-support machine

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A machine that enables someone to stay alive – breathing or heartbeat

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Palliative care

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Care that is only trying to ease suffering; not cure

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Passive Euthanasia

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When a person is allowed to die – giving painkillers or withdraw of support

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Quality of life

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How well someone is able to life

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Retirement

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Something that we owe somebody else; a duty

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Sanctity of life

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Belief that all life is sacred; God-given - there is no good reason for killing anything or one

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Senior citizenship

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Normally someone around retirement age

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Abortion

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The termination of a pregnancy

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Blessing

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Life is a gift from God

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Conception

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The point at which a sperm meets an egg

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Miracle of life

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The fact that life is amazing and the creation of it is beyond human understanding

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Pressure group

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A group that seeks to educate people about their view and lobby the government

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Pro-Choice

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Someone who is in favour of people having the right to choose

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Pro-Life

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Someone who is anti-abortion

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Quality of life

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How well someone is able to life

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Rights

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A legal or moral entitlement

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Sanctity of life

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Belief that all life is sacred; God-given - there is no good reason for killing anything or one

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Viability

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The point at which the foetus could realistically be born and survive

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AID

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‘Artificial insemination by donor’ – sperm cell comes from a donor

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AIH

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‘Artificial insemination by husband’ – as above but sperm comes from husband

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Blood transfusion

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When blood is taken from one person and put in another

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Cloning

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Making a genetically exact copy

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Embryology

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The study of and experimenting on embryos

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Experimentation

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Performing actions upon something to see how it reacts

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Fertility treatment

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Any medical intervention to increase someone’s chances of conceiving

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Human genetic engineering

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Altering or manipulating genetic code in human beings

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IVF

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‘In vitro fertilisation’ – ‘in glass’ when the sperm and egg cell are fused outside the body

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Medical research

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The process of learning and experimenting to find out how the body works

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Sanctity of life

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Belief that all life is sacred; God-given - there is no good reason for killing anything or one

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Stem cell therapy

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A stem cell is a cell that can become any other cell – they come from bone marrow or the spine or embryos

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Surrogacy

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When another woman carries the embryo for someone.

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Transplant surgery

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Replace an organ with one from another person

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Xenotransplantation

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Transplanting organs between species

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Ageism

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Prejudice against people on the grounds of their age

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Community

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Group of people united by locality; race; or something in common

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Discrimination

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Acting on your prejudiced

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Equality

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Everyone receives or is treated the same

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Harmony

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People living peacefully and getting along and supporting each other

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Homophobia

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Prejudice against people who are gay

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Justice

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Fairness; people receiving what they deserve

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Positive discrimination

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Act prejudicially in favour of minorities or underrepresented groups

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Prejudice

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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or experience

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Racism

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Prejudice on the basis of race

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Religious prejudice

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Prejudice on the basis of religious belief

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Sexism

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Prejudice on the basis of sex or gender

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Tolerance

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Putting up with ideas even if you don’t agree with them

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Awe

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A feeling of wonder and fear

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Climate change

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A change in global climate patterns due to the increased levels of carbon dioxide

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Community

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Group of people united by locality; race; or something in common

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Conservation

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Preserving the natural environment and wildlife

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Creation

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The creating of the Universe by God

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Earth summits

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Meetings of all the world leaders; where they discussed ways to reduce pollution. E.g. Kyoto; Rio;

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Natural habitat

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Areas where animals live in nature

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Natural resources

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Materials which occur in nature that can be used by humans

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Pollution

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The presence or introduction of a substance which has a harmful effect

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Renewable energies

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Energies that come from a source which won’t run out – wind; solar power

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Stewardship

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The job of looking after and caring for the planet

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Sustainable development

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Economic development which occurs without depleting natural resources

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Addiction

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Being unable. or finding it extremely difficult. to stop doing something

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Apathy

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Not caring about something

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Charity

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Giving money away to good causes

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Community

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Group of people united by locality; race; or something in common

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Counselling

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Visiting someone who listens to problems and offers advice or support

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Excessive Salary

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A wage which is more than someone deserves for the job they do

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Gambling

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Risking money for the chance of making more

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Homelessness

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Being without a house or permanent home

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Inheritance

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Receiving money from dead people in a will

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Lottery

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A kind of gambling in which someone buys a ticket in exchange for the chance of winning more

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Minimum wage

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A wage which is considered to be the least amount on which it is possible to live

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Money

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A means of exchange. a promise on behalf of the government)

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Poor

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Having very little money or a lot of liabilities

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Poverty

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A lack of possessions or money or assets; an inability to survive

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Responsibility

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Something that we owe somebody else; a duty

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Rich

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Having a lot of money or assets

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Wages

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Money received in exchange for work

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Wealth

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Possessions or money or assets

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Community

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Group of people united by locality; race; or something in common

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Conflict

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A disagreement; fight

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Holy War

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A war that is for the sake of God

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Just War

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A war that is morally justified

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Justice

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Fairness; people receiving what they deserve;

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Nuclear proliferation

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When people get more and more nuclear weapons

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Nuclear Weapons

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A bomb that uses nuclear energy

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Pacifism

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The belief that war is never right

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Peace

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Freedom from conflict

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Peacekeeping force

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An army which is tasked with preventing fighting

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Sanctity of life

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Belief that all life is sacred; God-given - there is no good reason for killing anything or one

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Terrorism

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An unlawful use of violence without the authority of a government

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Victims

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People who are hurt as a result of war

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War

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Armed conflict

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

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A weapon that is capable of causing widespread damage and death

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