Rights and Responsibilities (8.1) Flashcards
Bible
The holy book of Christians
Decalogue
The 10 commandments
The Church
They community of Christians (with a small ācā it means a Christian place of worship).
Conscience
An inner feeling of the rightness and wrongness of an action.
Situation Ethics
The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do.
Human Rights
The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled to.
Democratic Process
The ways in which all citizens can take part in government.
Electoral Processes
The ways in which voting is organised.
Political Party
A group of people which tries to be elected into power on its own.
Pressure Group
A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue.
Golden Rule
The teachings of Jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you.
Social Change
They way in which society has changed and is changing (and also the possibilities of further change).
