RS EOY Flashcards

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Moral

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A being with a conscience therefore able to choose between right and wrong

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Immoral

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Bad or wrong behaviour/action

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Amoral

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A being without a conscience

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Non-moral decision

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A choice that doesn’t involve conscience or thoughts about right and wrong

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Absolute morality

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An action that is always right or wrong regardless of circumstances

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Relative morality

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An action that is not always right or wrong but depends on the circumstances

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Absolute value of life

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Life has a value always and regardless of conditions. This is not a theistic view

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Sanctity of Life

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A religious view that life has value because it is a gift from Gd

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Quality of life

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The belief that the value of life depends on the circumstances of one’s life

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10
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Golden rule

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Treat others as you would like to be treated
Found in all faiths including humanism particularly Christianity

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Islamic quotes on morality

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Do not kill children for fear of poverty
To save a life is to save the whole of humanity; to take a life is to kill all of humanity

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12
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10 commandments examples

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Do not kill
Honour your parents

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Hindu and Jain beliefs

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Karma- good actions benefit this life and future lives bad actions do not
Ahimsa- non-violence of thought, word and deed

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Humanism

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Atheistic
Humans have valued qualities e.g. reason and empathy

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Jain views on suffering

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Suffering is a nessescary part of working off bad karma

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Self-consciousness

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Being aware of yourself as an I and as a being with a past, present and future

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Autonomy

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Free-will- having the ability to decide for yourself your actions

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Sentient

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Being able to experience pain and pleasure

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War

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A state of armed conflict between two groups

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Civil war

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A state of armed conflict between two groups within the same country

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Pacifism

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A view that violence is not morally justified or effective

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Conscientious objector

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Thinks fighting this war is immoral but not all wars

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Just war theory

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A set of rules for when war is morally justifiable and acceptable e.g.
last resort and just intention

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Greed

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Often given as an explanation for wars- not morally justifiable

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Revenge

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Often given as an explanation for wars- not morally justifiable

25
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Nuclear weapons

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Used to deter attacks
Used against Japan in WW2
Not morally justifiable

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Terrorism

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The use of threat or violence to bring about a political goal by scaring the government. Often threatens civilians

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Theist

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Someone who believes in Gd

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Atheist

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Someone who doesn’t believe in the existence of Gd

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Agnostic

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Someone without a belief of disbelief in Gd

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Omnipotent

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All powerful

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Omnipresent

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All sustaining

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Omnibenevolent

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All loving/ all caring

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Omniscient

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All knowing

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Suffering

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Something unpleasant of painful

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Evil

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A negative force that is a cause of suffering

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Natural suffering

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Suffering caused by the physical world

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Moral suffering

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Suffering caused by humans

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Problem of evil and suffering

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A theistic problem how can Gd be all loving, all powerful and evil still exist

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Theodicy

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A way to solve the inconsistent triad

40
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Original sin and free will

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Adam and eve disobeyed Gd bringing evil into his perfect world. Free will allows us to make out own decisions including the bad ones.

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Test of faith

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Job is faithful so Satan tests him with suffering. This claims that evil may be a test of faith

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Buddhist views of suffering

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4 noble truths
3 poisons