RELIGIOUS STUDIES: GENERAL KEY WORDS

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Absolute morality
What is morally right and wrong applies to all circumstances, at all times
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Conscience
The inner feeling you are doing right or wrong
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Dukkha
Buddhist term for suffering, which is unavoidable and includes feelings such as boredom and dissatisfaction
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Ethics
The theory relating to morality
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Generation gap
A difference between the views of young people and their parents
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Haram
Islamic term for forbidden
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Morality
A system of ethics about what is right and wrong
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Purgatory
A time of spiritual cleansing and preparation for heaven
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Re-birth
Buddhist term for continuing life in another form
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Reincarnation
Hindu or Sikh term for being born again in another form
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Relative morality
Where what is morally right or wrong in a situation depends on its particular circumstances
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Samsara
In Buddhism the cycle of births, death and re-birth, which can be transcended by following the Eightfold Path
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Shari'ah
Islamic law based directly on the Qur'an and Sunnah
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Value of life
The value of a person over and above physical value
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Sanctity of life
The belief that life is sacred because it is God-given
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Quality of life
A measure of a person's happiness of fulfilment
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The inner feeling you are doing right or wrong

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Conscience

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Buddhist term for suffering, which is unavoidable and includes feelings such as boredom and dissatisfaction

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The theory relating to morality

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A difference between the views of young people and their parents

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