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| A recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects. |
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| Attacking without being provoked. |
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| Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means. |
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| The holy book of Christians. |
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| Intimidating/frightening people weaker than yourself. |
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| The death penalty for a crime or offence. |
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| The community of Christians. (With a small 'c' it means a Christian place of worship. |
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| Bringing a fight or struggle to a peaceful conclusion. |
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| An inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action. |
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| Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment. |
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| The act of creating the Universe or the Universe which has been created. |
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| The ways in which all citizens can take part in government(usually through elections.) |
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| The idea that punishments should be of such a nature that they will put people off (deter) committing crimes. |
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| The ways in which voting is organized. |
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| A fertilized egg in the first eight weeks after conception. |
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| The surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live. |
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| Taking advantage of a weaker group. |
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| Stopping blaming someone and/or pardoning them for what they have done wrong. |
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| The increase in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere (thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect.) |
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| The teaching of Jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you. |
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| The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled. |
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| Not being able to have Children. |
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| The method of fertilizing a human egg in a test tube. |
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| The act of judging people and their actions. |
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| A war which is fought for the right reasons and in a right way. |
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| Due allocation of reward and punishment/ the maintenance of what is right. |
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| Rules made by Parliament and enforceable by the courts. |
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| Naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans. |
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| Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery. |
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| The belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means. |
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| A group which tries to be elected into power on the basis of their policies (e.g. Labour, Conservatives.) |
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| A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue. |
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| Bringing together people who were opposed to each other. |
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| The idea that punishments should try to change criminals so that they will not commit crimes again. |
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| Treating a person or or their feelings with consideration. |
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| Being responsible for one's actions. |
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| The idea that punishments should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong. |
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| An act against the will of God. |
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| The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do. |
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| The way in which society has changed and is changing (and also the possibilities for future change) |
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| Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation. |
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| An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman. |
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| An international body set up to promote world peace and cooperation. |
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| Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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| Weapons which can destroy large areas and numbers of people. |
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| The ending of war throughout the whole world (the basic aim of the United Nations.) |
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