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Organ donation

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Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery

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Bible

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The holy book of christians

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Decalogue

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The ten commandments

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The church

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The community of church (with a small c means a christian place of worship

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Situation ethics

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The idea that christmans should base moral discisions on what is the most loving thing to do

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Human rights

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The rights and freedom to which everyone is entitled

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Democratic processes

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The ways in which citizens can take part in the goverment

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Golden rule

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The teaching of jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you

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Pressure group

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A group foamed to influence government policy on a particular issue

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Political party

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A group in which trys to be elected to be in power of a particular issue

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Electoral processes

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The way in which voting is organised

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Global warming

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The increase in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere (to be thought to be caused by green house effect

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Natural resources

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Naturally occuring materials, such as oil and fertile land which can be used by humans

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Conservation

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Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

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Creation

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The act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created

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Environment

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The surroundings in which plant and animals live on and depend to live

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Stewardship

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Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation

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Artificial insemination

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Inserting semen into the uterus by artifical means

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Embryo

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A fertilised egg in its first 8 weeks of conception

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Infertility

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Not being able to have children

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IVF

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The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube

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Omniscient

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The belief that god knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen

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Prayer

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An attempt to contact god usually through words

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Social change

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The way in which society has changed and is changing (and also possible change in the future)

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Sexism
Descriminating against people because of there gender
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Conflict resolution
Bringing a fight or a conflict to a peaceful conclusion
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Religious pluralism
Accepting all religions as havjng a equal right to coexist
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The united nations
An international body set up to promote world peace and co-operation
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Religious freedom
The right to practice your religion and change your religion
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World peace
The ending of war throughout the whole world ( the basic aim of the united nation)
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Racism
The belief that some religion are better than others
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Just war
A war that is fought for the right reasons and in the right way
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Racial harmony
Diffrent races/coulors living together happily
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Pacifism
The belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means
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Prejudice
Believing that someone is superior without even meeting them
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Weapons of mass destruction
Weapons that can destroy large areas and amounts of people
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Multi-ethnic society
Many different races and cultures living together with in one society
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Bullyinng
Frightening/intimidating someone weaker than yourself
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Interfaith marriages
Marriage where husband and wife are from different religions
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Respect
Treating a person or there feelings with consideration
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Ethnic minority
A member of a ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the minority group
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Forgiveness
Stopping blaming someone and/or pardoning them for something they have done
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Discrimination
Treating someone less favourite because of there religion/race/gender/sexuality/age and class
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Reconciliation
Bringinf together people who were opposed from eachother
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Community cohesion
A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society
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Aggression
Attacking without being provoked
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Re-marriage
Marrying again after being divorced from a different marriage
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Exploytation
Taking advantage of a weaker group
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Re-constituted family
Where two sets of children (step sisters and step brothers) come together to foam one family when thier divorced parents marry
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Crime
An act against the law
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Promiscuity
Having sex with a number of people without committing
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Judgement
An act of judging people and thier actions
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Procreation
Making new life
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Justice
Due allocation or reward and punishment/the maintaince of what is right
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Pre-marrrital sex
Sex before marriage
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Law
Rules made by the parliament and enforced by the courts
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Nuclear family
Mother, father and children living as a unit
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Capital punishment
The death penalty for a crime or an offence
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Homosexuality
Sexual attractions to those of the same sex
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Deterrence
The idea that punishment should be of such a naturethat they will be put of commiting the crimes
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Faithfulness
Staying with your marriage partner and only havjng sex with them
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Rehabilitation
Restore of normal life
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Contraception
Intentionally preventing from pregnancy from happening
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Reform
The idea that punishments should try change criminals so they will not commit crimes again
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Cohabitation
Living together without being married
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Retribution
The idea that punishments should maje cfiminals pay for what they have done
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Civil partnerships
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same rights as husband and wife
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Sins
An act against the will of god
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Adultery
An sexual act between a married person and someone from the outside of that marriage
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Addiction
A recurring composition to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects
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Voluntary euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someonein great pain asks for death
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Responsibility
Being responsible for ones actions
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Quality of life
The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living
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Agnosticism
Not being sure weather god exists
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Non voluntary euthanasia
Ending someones life painlessly when they and unable to ask but you have a good reason why theyd be thinking to do so
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Atheism
Belief that god doesnt exist
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Euthanasia
The painless killing of someone dying from a painfull disease
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Omnipotent
The belief that god is all powerful
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Immortality of the soul
The idea that the soul carries on after the body is dead
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Omni-benevolent
The belief that god is all-loving
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Resurrection
The belieg that after death the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when the body is then raised
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Numinous
The feeling of the presence of something greater than you
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Near death experience
When someone whos about to die has an out of body experience (one that cant be explained)
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Natural evil
Things that cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans
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Paranormal
Unexplained things that are thought to be spiritual causes eg. Ghost /mediums
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Moral evil
Actions done by humans that cause suffering
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Reincarnation
The belief that after death souls are reborn into a new body
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Miracle
Somethi g that seems to break the laws of science and makes you think of what could have done it
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Abortion
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
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Free will
The belief that humans are able to make there own choices
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Sacitity of life
The belief that life is holy and belongs to god
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Conversion
When your life is changed by giving yourself to god
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Assisted suicide
Providing a seriously ill person with the idea to comit suicide
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Surrogacy
An arrangement whereby a women bears a child of behlaf of another women or when an egg is fertilised by the man through IVF and then implanted in the women uterus

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