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abortion
the removal of the foetus before it can survive
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Assisted suicide
providing seriously ill person to the means to commit suicide
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Euthanasia
the painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease
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Immortality of the soul
the idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body
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Near death experience
when someone about to die has an out of death experience
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Non- voluntary euthanasia
ending someones life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have a good reason for thinking they would want you to do so
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Paranormal
unexplained things which seem to have spiritual causes
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Quality of life
the idea that human beings are free to make their own choices
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Reincarnation
the belief that, after death souls are reborn into a new body
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Resurrection
the belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised
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Sanctity of life
the belief that life is holy and belongs to God
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Voluntary Euthanasia
ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death
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adultery
a sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
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Civil partnership
a legal ceremony iving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife
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Cohabitation
living together without being married
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contraception
intentionally preventing pregnancy from occuring
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Faithfulness
staying wih your marriage partner and having sex only with them
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homosexuality
sexual attraction to the same sex
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nuclear family
mother, father and children living as a unit
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pre- maritial sex
sex before marriage
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procreation
making a new life
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promiscuity
having sex with a number of partners without commitment
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re- constitued family
where two sets of children(stepbothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
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re- marriage
marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
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community cohesion
a common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society
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sexism
discriminating against people because of thir gender(being male or female )
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Religious pluralism
acceptiong all religions and having an equal right to coexist
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racism
the belief that some races are superior to others
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racial hamony
different races/colours living together happily
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Prejudice
believing some people are inferior or superio without being knowing them
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Multi-faith society
many different religions living together in one society
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Muli- ethnic society
many different races and culures living together in one society
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interfaith mariages
marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions
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ethinc minority
a member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group
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discrimination
treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity/gender/colour/sexuality/age/class
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providing seriously ill person to the means to commit suicide

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Assisted suicide

Card 3

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the painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease

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Card 4

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the idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body

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Card 5

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when someone about to die has an out of death experience

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