Rights And Reponsibilities key words Flashcards
Bible
The holy book of Christians
Church
The community of Christians
Conscience
An inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action
Human rights
The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled to
Political party
A group which tries to be selected into power on it policies
Pressure groups
A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue
Situation ethics
The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do
Decalogue
The 10 commandments
Democratic processes
The way back which all citizens can take part in government (usually through elections)
Electoral processes
The way in which voting is organised
Golden rule
The teaching of Jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you
Social change
The way in which society had changed and is changing (and the possibilities for future change)
