the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee
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Discrimination
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability.
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Genocide
the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.
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Ghetto
a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups (Warsaw is one example)
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Holocaust
destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war
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Immigration
the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
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Inconsistent triad
An inconsistent triad is a set of three propositions, only two of which can be true at one time. The most famous example of this commonly cited is the one posed by the Problem of Evil
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Nazi Party
The Nazi Party was a political group that ruled Germany between 1933 and 1945. "Nazi" is a short form of the official name. In English, the official name is the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Under Adolf Hitler's leadership, the Nazis started W
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Liberation
the action of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release.
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Prejudice
preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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Propaganda
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
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Refugee
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
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Scapegoat
a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency
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Segregation
the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
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Shoah
the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during 1941–5; the Ηolocaust - modern Hebrew, literally ‘catastrophe’
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Theodicy
the vindication of divine providence in view of the existence of evil. Justifying God’s power and love alongside the existence of suffering. (Irenaeus/Augustine)
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The Problem of Evil
The problem of evil refers to the question of how to reconcile the existence of evil with an omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent God
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Totalitarianism
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee
Back
Asylum
Card 3
Front
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability.
Back
Card 4
Front
the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.
Back
Card 5
Front
a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups (Warsaw is one example)
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