Unit 2 - Authority: Religion and State

Question 1

Capital Punishment

Answer 1

The death penalty; a punishment used when the most serious crimes are committed

Question 2

Conscience

Answer 2

An innate moral sense that guides actions and responses

Question 3

Duty

Answer 3

Something you do because it is the accepted pattern of behaviour

Question 4

Human Rights

Answer 4

Something a person is entitled to because they are human

Question 5

Justice

Answer 5

Where everyone has equal provisions and opportunity

Question 6

Offenders

Answer 6

Criminals; those who have committed an offence and done something wrong

Question 7

Personal Conviction

Answer 7

Something a person feels strongly or believes in

Question 8

Punishment

Answer 8

A penalty given to someone for a crime or wrong they have done

Question 9

Reform

Answer 9

The idea of change, usually of a person’s life or outlook

Question 10

Reparation

Answer 10

The idea that something is paid to compensate for what has happened

Question 11

Retribution

Answer 11

Revenge, to gain satisfaction that the person who has committed a crime has also suffered

Question 12

Sacred Texts

Answer 12

Holy books or sacred writings of a religion

Question 13

Vindication

Answer 13

Justice; the idea that the law has been upheld

Question 14

Authority

Answer 14

Rights or powers over others