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Keywords Ethics Flashcards

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Church of England

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A christian denomination, and the head of this denomination is the monarchy in England.

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Denomination

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A religious group which has slightly different beliefs from other groups which are in the same religion.

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Monarch

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A person who reigns over a kingdom or empire.

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Supreme Governor

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The supreme governor of the Church of England is the titular head of the Church of England. This position is within the British Monarchy.

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Parliament

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Great Britain’s parliament is made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

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Government

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A group of people who have to govern the country or state.

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Secularisation

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The belief that religious beliefs are being replaced by certain things in society like technology and social media.

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Sacrifice

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Surrendering something for something else.

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Humanist

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You don’t believe in God and you think your moral is determined by technology and media.

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Secular

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People who have no religion, non-religious.

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Euthanasia

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Dying with dignity.

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Assisted Suicide

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The assistance of somebody when committing suicide, including a doctor giving you a lethal medicine.

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Voluntary Euthanasia

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When the person requests for their own life to be ended.

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Involuntary Euthanasia

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When the person may be in a unresponsive position and the family decides for them to have Euthanasia, for example: coma.

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Passive Euthanasia

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When you have a terminal illness and you stop taking medicine and let the illness kill you. This is legal in the UK.

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Active Euthanasia

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Actively killing a patient by injecting a drug into them.

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Abortion

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When the mother makes the choice to abort / kill the embryo that they are carrying.

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Sanctity of Life

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That mankind was created in the image of God meaning that all human life is sacred.

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Pro Life

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People who are against abortion as they believe that the baby is alive even when they are an embryo.

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Pro Choice

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People who are for abortion and believe that it should be the mothers choice whether to end the life of their baby.

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DNA

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The unique genetic code in every organism.

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Genetic Manipulation

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Changing or manipulating the genes inside of a cell, this can be used for testing, or used to create a “designer baby” aka the apparent perfect look and quality person.

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Cloning

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Replicating the DNA of an organism and creating an exact copy of that organism.

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Exclusivism

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The belief that only one particular religion is the “right” or “True” religion.

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Inclusivism

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The belief that all religions have the partial truth.

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Pluralism

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The belief that God has revealed himself through all religious practices.

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Ecumenism

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The belief that all the Churches should Unite and reconcile their differences.

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Interfaith Dialogue

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When different religions / denominations talk to each other about and learn about their beliefs. Or when the come together to show something: for example, when a Sikh, two Muslims and a Jewish woman came together after a terrorist attack to show that they all believe in peace.

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Proselytisation

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The belief that they should spread the word of God and Jesus as it was the last order / words of Jesus.

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Atheist

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Somebody who believe there is no God

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Agnostic

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Somebody who believes in a Higher power but don’t know what that higher power is.

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Prejudice

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Preconceived opinion of something or someone, not based on actual evidence.

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Ordained

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The process to become something religious e.g. To become a vicor.

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Egalitarianism

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The principle that people are equal and deserve equal rights.

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Complementarianism

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Christian view that men/women have different but complementary roles.

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Chastity

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Christian view that men/women have different but complementary roles.

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Fornication

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Sex before marriage.

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Liberal View of Bible

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Open to interpretations, and use the stories as symbolic and metaphorical.

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Nun and Monk

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Dedicate their life to God.

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Steward / Stewardship

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taking responsibility for the planet / taking personal responsibility.

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Eschatology

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Life after Death

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Census

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Official way to monitor everybody in the UK

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Genome

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The thing containing all your DNA / Genetic information.

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Therapeutic Cloning

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To make copies of cells used to cure diseases.

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IVF

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Creating a baby outside the womb in laboratory conditions.

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Artificial Insemination

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Asking somebody else to go through the pregnancy for them maybe because they are unable.

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Screening

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Being able to see what genes are and choosing like if you want blonde hair blue eyes.

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Precedence

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To take priority.

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