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October ppe Flashcards

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What is Censorship?

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The practise of suppressing or limiting access to materials considered obscene, offensive or a threat to security.

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Define Discrimination

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Acts of treating groups of people or individuals differently based on prejudice

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Define Extremism

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Believing in and supporting ideas that’s are very far from what most people consider reasonable or correct.

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Define Human rights

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The basic entitlements of all human beings afforded to them simply because they are human.

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Define personal conviction.

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Somethings person strongly feels or believes in.

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Define prejudice

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Pre-judging: judging people to be inferior or superior without cause

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Define relative poverty

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A standard of poverty measured in relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives.

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Define absolute poverty

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An acute start of deprivation whereby a person cannot access the most basic human needs.

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Define Social justice

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Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity.

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What is the UNDHR?

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United Nations declaration of human rights

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What is the first article of the UNDHR ?

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“All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights”

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What is the eight fold path?

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The middle way-
The eight guiding principles to be followed throughout a buddhists life

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What is agape?

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Selfless, unconditional love, the highest of the four types of love in the bible

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Define dignity

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Being worthy of honour or respect

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Define the word Empowered

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Authority or power given to someone to do something

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Define oppressed

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Governed or treated with cruelty or injustice

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What is religious discrimination?

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Unequal treatment of an individual or group based on their beliefs

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Define Racism

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Discrimination against people on the basis of their race.

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What is religious expression?

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Having the freedom to express your religion - through clothing, symbols, mission, conversion and/or evangelism

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What is mission?

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Calling of a religious organisation, especially a Christian one, to go out into the world and spread its faith

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What is Amnesty International?

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Human rights organisation campaigning against injustice and inequality everywhere.

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Examples of People with a Personal Conviction

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  • Malala
  • Oscar Romero
  • Martin Luther King
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Who is Malala?

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She is a human rights campaigner against the lack of education for girls due to her personal experience of getting shot for going to school in Pakistan

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Who is Martin Luther King?

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He was an anti-racism non violent protester from the USA who was influenced by the teachings of Jesus

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Who are Christian Aid?

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A christian charity working in partnership with local organisations in over 60 countries to help those in need - regardless of religion

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What is Karuna Trust?

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Inspired by buddhist values, they exist to end discrimination, poverty, and inequality in India and Nepal.

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How many Human rights are there in the UNDHR?

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30 declarations of human rights

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What is the Design Argument?

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Also known as the teleological argument, it argues for the existence of God as everything in our world works in a specific way that’s has been designed

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Who discovered the design argument?

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William Paley

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What is an argument against the design argument?

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Evolution has occurred.

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What is the big bang theory?

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The moment when the universe began from a single unimaginable hot and dense point more than 13 billion years ago

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What would a non literalist Christian believe about how the universe was made.

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The would believed that God created the world but they wouldn’t believe in the exact story told in the bible. For example it they could say it wasn’t made in 7 days and each day could represent a million years

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What would a literalist Christian believe about how the universe was created?

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They would believe the exact story from Genesis in the bible as they take the bible as story’s that definatley happened

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