Definitions for Unit6 Christianity Ethics GCSE AQA A Religious Studies

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Just War

A war that the Christian Churches define as acceptable. This must fit certain criteria. The idea was developed by St Thomas Aquinas and the Roman Catholic Church

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Pacifism

The belief that it is unacceptable to take part in war and any other form of violence

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Quaker

Member of the Society of Friends, a tradition that does not have ministers or a written statement of beliefs

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Peace

An absence of conflict, which leads to happiness and harmony

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Terrorism

When groups use violence or the threat of violence to achieve their aims, rather than using a democratic process. The violence is often indiscriminate, to create maximum fear

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Nuclear War

A war in which the participants use nuclear weapons

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Nuclear Proliferation

The increase in the number of states that have the potential to use nuclear weapons

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Nuclear warfare

The use of nuclear weapons in a war

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Crime

Breaking the law

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Offender

Someone who has done wrong, e.g. broken the law

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Punishment

That which is done to people because they have broken a law

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Retribution

To ‘get your own back’ on the criminal, based on the Old Testament teaching of ‘an eye for an eye’. An aim of punishment aimed at being proportionate to the offence committed

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Reform

To change someone’s behaviour for the better. An aim of punishment

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Deterrence

To put people off committing crimes. One of the aims of punishment

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Protection

To stop the criminal hurting anyone in society. An aim of punishment

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Community Service

A form of punishment in which the criminal has to perform tasks useful to society, rather than going to prison

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Fine

A form of punishment in which an offender pays a sum of money

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Imprisonment

When a person is put in jail for committing a crime

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Justice

Bringing about what is right and fair, according to the law or making up for a wrong that has been committed

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Capital Punishment

Form of punishment in which a prisoner is put to death for crimes committed

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The belief that it is unacceptable to take part in war and any other form of violence

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Pacifism

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Member of the Society of Friends, a tradition that does not have ministers or a written statement of beliefs

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An absence of conflict, which leads to happiness and harmony

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When groups use violence or the threat of violence to achieve their aims, rather than using a democratic process. The violence is often indiscriminate, to create maximum fear

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Definitions for Unit6 Christianity Ethics GCSE AQA A Religious Studies