Is it fair?
- Created by: Zoe
- Created on: 08-05-13 21:16
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- Is it fair?
- Key concepts
- Authority: The power to determine or settle disputes
- Discrimination: The treatment or consideration of a person/ group to which the person/ group belong to
- Equality:The state or quality of being equal
- Identity
- injustice: violation of the rights of others
- Prejudice: An unfavourable opinion or feeling towards a group e.g: religious group
- Types of predjudice and discrimination
- Sex
- Sexuality
- Age
- Race
- Disability
- Wealth
- Poverty
- What causes people to be prejudiced?
- Family
- bad experiences
- Influence of media
- peer pressure
- Lack of understanding
- Sterotypes
- Money and wealth- differences between wants and needs?
- Christianity
- Bible said 'the love of money is the root of evil; not money itself'
- So Christians (monks/nuns) take vows of poverty because jesus said 'give all you have to the poor and follow me'
- Most recognise that wealth itself isn't a sin
- many give 10% of their income to charity/ church
- Islam
- Believe that people don't own anything, but are loaned things in trust by allah
- Anything is sacred for Allah, its only being given back to its rightful owner
- Allah choses who to make rich or poor
- The wealthy are obliged to give to the poor
- Sadaqah is the act of giving done out of compassion, love or generosity
- All are expected to be charitable
- Making money is forbidden
- Zakah means to give 2.5% of income to charity
- Christianity
- Men and women
- Islam
- Men and women are spiritually equal but have different roles
- Men rule in public; women in the family
- Paradise is at the foot of the mother
- Muhammad greatly respected women and married a working women
- Chritsitanity
- Jesus respected women, talked with them, showed them sympathy and teaching them (mary and Martha)
- All are made in the image of god
- Women witnessed the Resurrection at a time when women weren't entitled to be witnesses
- Some believe, with st Paul that women shouldn't have any authority in the church and can never lead it because Jesus was a man and had male disciples
- Islam
- Charity
- Christian Aid
- works to support sustainable development, stop poverty, support civil society.
- provide disaster relief in South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa and Asia
- Christian Aid campaigns to change the rules and systems that keep people poor, speaking out on issues such as climate change
- Essential believe is 'We believe in life before death'
- Islamic Relief
- Dedicated to alleviating the poverty and suffering of the world’s poorest people
- Focus on:Sustainable Livelihoods, Education, Health and Nutrition, Orphans and Child Welfare, Water and Sanitation, Emergency Relief & Disaster Preparedness
- Christian Aid
- Key concepts
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