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Adultery

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A sexual relationship between two people, where one or both of them are married to other people

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Agape

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The love referred to in the New Testament; charity.

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Aristotle

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Ancient Greek philosopher (384-322 BCE) who stressed the importance of the physical over the intellectual and spiritual. He made significant contributions to logic, metaphysics and ethics including Virtue Ethics and his thinking was particularly utilised by Thomas Aquinas.

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Brotherly love

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Love for one’s fellow human being.

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Causal/Causation

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Internal, e.g. motivation, emotion.
External, e.g. fame, money, power.

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Cyber crime

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Internet / computer fraud.

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Data storage

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Storage of information often associated with computers.

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Deontological theory

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Created by Kant, it argues against the ontological view by saying there is no real property of ‘existence’ and so we cannot therefore define God by this.

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Determinism

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The belief that acts of will are entirely caused by earlier natural events and / or social changes

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Environment

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One’s surroundings, nature, the state of the planet

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Ethics

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The principles by which people live.

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Experimentation

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A test or trial done in order to discover something or to test whether something is true.

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Eudaimonia

(happiness)

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(As defined by Aristotle) what makes a person truly happy.

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Philippa Foot

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Philippa Foot, virtue ethicist, wrote Virtues and Vices in 1978; belief that we act from self-interest.

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Freewill

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Having the ability to choose or determine one’s own actions.

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Genetics

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Study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.

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Human Nature

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The shared psychological attributes of humankind. General characteristics and feelings of mankind

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Human Rights

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Rights held to be common to all.

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Institution

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Established society or organisation; often with a clear structure and bureaucracy.

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Libertarianism

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The belief that humans should be free to make their own decisions and choices, which, therefore, means they are entirely responsible for their own actions.

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Alasdair MacIntyre

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A modern formulator of Virtue Ethics theory.

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Major world religions

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One of the world faiths of:

Buddhism

Christianity

Hinduism

Islam

Judaism

Sikhism.

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Marriage

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Monogamy

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Being married to one person at one time

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“Moral self”

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Personal moral principles.

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Personality

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A person’s distinctive character or qualities

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Physical love

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Showing / demonstrating affection or strong feelings

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Polyandry

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A woman having more than one husband at the same time.

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Polygamy

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Marriage of a man to two or more women at the same time

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Procreation

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The process by which children are produced or brought into being.

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Reactive

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Reacting, rather than taking the initiative

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Science

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A branch of knowledge or study that is characterised by obtaining its evidence through provable and repeatable experimentation and observation.

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Scriptures

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Sacred writings or books.

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Society

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The whole community of people within, for instance, a country. The term will apply not just to the collectivity of people but to some aspects of their way of life.

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Surveillance

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Close observation, usually undertaken by authority figure.

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Technology

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Applied innovations (usually scientific in nature).

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Teleology

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The belief that the reasons events occur is because they have a particular purpose.

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Vices

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Undesirable qualities e.g. weaknesses, gluttony, selfishness

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Virtues

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Good qualities, e.g. courage, temperance, wisdom, understanding, justice, benevolence.

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Virtue Ethics

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The value of certain character traits in establishing correct behaviour / ethical behaviour, leading to human well-being and flourishing.

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Volition

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Act of conscious decision and intention.

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