Rights And Responsibilities Flashcards
Decalogue
The Ten Commandments
Church
The community of christians (small c)
Conscience
An inner feeling of rightness or wrongness of an action
Situation ethics
The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do in this situation
Human rights
The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled
Democratic processes
The ways in which all citizens can take part in government (usually through elections)
Electoral processes
The ways in which voting is organised
Political party
A group which tries to get elected into power on its policies e.g labour, conservative
Pressure group
A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue
Golden rule
The teaching of Jesus that people should treat others as they would like to be treated
Social change
The way in which society has changed and is changing (and also the possibilities for future change)
Bible
The holy book of Christians with 66 books split into the Old Testament and the New Testament
