Theme F- Key Words Flashcards

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Ageism

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Discrimination against someone because of their age

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Community

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A group of people who share a characteristic, eg the place they live

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Compassion

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Loving kindness; attitude to help others simply because it it right to help

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Discrimination

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Actions that come to prejudice

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Equality

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Belief that everyone is equal in value and worth

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Fair pay

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Payment that is appropriate for the work done

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Gender

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Being male or female

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Harmony

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Loving together in society without argument/conflict

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Human rights

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The rights a person should be entitled to simply by being a human being, eg education, fair treatment etc.

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Human rights act

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UK law which protects the rights of individuals and allows a challenge when these are breached

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Interest

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Money paid back on loans aside from the original amount loaned

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Justice

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Getting fairness; getting redress for unfairness

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Loan

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Amount of money borrowed from a lender, usually paid back in installments with interest. Where excessive, the interest charged on the loan is extremely high (even unfairly so)

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People trafficking

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Illegal trade of humans for slavery, eg for sex and or work

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Poverty

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Having less than the basic needs of life, so that the day-to-day loving is a struggle

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Prejudice

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Prejudging someone based on a characteristic they have, eg their ethnicity

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Racism

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Prejudice against someone because of their ethnicity

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Responsibly

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Duty, eg the responsibility to work; to earn money for oneself

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Rights

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What a person is entitled to, eg the right to education

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Sexuality

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A persons sexual orientation, is weather they are gay straight, gay, bisexual

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Social justice

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Bringing justice to society so that all within a society that have same opportunities, and can take advantage of them; includes projects to improve the life situation of those at the poorest end of society, eg by educational support

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Stewardship

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Duty to look after the world given by God to humans, which extends to looking after all life, including other humans

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Tolerance

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Acceptance of difference rather than seeing it as a problem

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UN Declaration if human rights

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A statement adopted by the United Nations to protect human being s in specific regards

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Wealth

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Money and possessions a person has, usually in such quantities as to give a very comfortable lifestyle