Keywords Flashcards
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Censorship
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- The practise of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered obscene and/or a threat to security
- Restriction in speech by censorship laws
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Discrimination
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- Acts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently based on prejudice
- Not giving equal pay to women
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Extremism
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- Believing in or supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable
- Robert Lewis Dear shooting down an abortion clinic claiming to be doing God’s work
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Human Rights
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- The basic entitlement of all human beings, afforded to them simply because they are human
- An example of this stated in the declaration of human rights is that all people should receive an education
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Personal Conviction
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- Something a person strongly feels or believes in
- Oscar Romero and Malala Yousafzai
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Prejudice
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- Prejudging; judging someone to be inferior or superior without cause
- Prejudice can prevent people from living in certain areas
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Relative Poverty
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- A standard of poverty measured in relation to the standard of a society in which a person lives
- For example living on less that x% of average UK income
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Absolute Poverty
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- An acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of their human needs
- For example not being able to access clean drinking water
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Social Justice
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- Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity
- For example ensuring that everyone has equal access to provision, equal opportunities and rights
