Year 7 Ethics: Human Rights Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for reviewing Year 7 Ethics lecture notes on Human Rights.

Human Rights

The basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death.

Civil Rights

The rights that each person has in a country or society, regardless of their race, sex, or religion.

Prejudice

Pre-judging someone to be inferior or superior based on something about them (e.g. their race, gender or religious views).

Discrimination

Acts of treating people differently based on prejudice (e.g. because of their race, gender or religious views).

Just War Theory

A theory that argues a war can be ‘just’ or moral if it meets certain conditions. It was initially proposed by Thomas Aquinas.

Ethics

The study of actions and whether those actions are right or wrong.

Morality

Refers to the things that we use to help us decide what we should do.

Universal Human Rights

Referring to people across the whole world and applicable to all people everywhere.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

A document that was created to protect the rights and dignity of every person around the world, created in Paris by the United Nations (UN) in 1948.

Absolute Rights

Rights that cannot be limited or taken away.

Qualified Rights

Rights that can be adapted in some way to protect another right.

Civil Rights

Rules and rights that are unique to a specific country.

Censorship

This is where you are not allowed to speak about certain topics, or access certain information.

Abolitionist

someone who fights to end slavery.

Antisemitism

a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. It’s the view that Jewish people are inferior (less important than) others.

Persecution

unfair or cruel treatment over a long period of time because of race, religion, or political beliefs.

Refuge

Safety.

Refugee

A person who asks for asylum (protection) in another country. They may have to wait for the authorities in that country to recognise them as a refugee. The person’s full rights as a refugee may be delayed while the authorities consider whether the person is a refugee.

Internally Displaced Person

A person who has fled their home, for example to escape conflict, violence or environmental and human-made disasters, but has not crossed an international border to find safety. Their protection is the responsibility of their government.

Asylum Seeker

A person forced to seek safety in another country because of persecution in their own. Persecution can be any serious human rights violation such as torture or arbitrary detention, including the impact of war, that is due to religion, political beliefs, race or such things as sexual orientation or gender identity. Refugees have a right to international protection.

Migrant

A person who has moved to another country intending to stay for a prolonged period. This may be to work, study or join family members. Many people who migrate have chosen to do so. But some feel compelled to move, for example because they need to find work to support themselves and their family.