Ethics

**motivation**

something which moves an individual to action

**autonomy**

self-directing freedom

**ableism**

prejudice based on physical ability or disability

**bias**

a tendency or inclination toward one thing over another

**censor**

to delete, hide or exclude something because it is offensive or problematic

**classism**

prejudice based on social or economic class

**compassion**

sympathetic awareness of others' distress combined with a desire to lessen it

**culpable**

guilty of doing something wrong

**partisan**

strong and sometimes blind loyalty to a particular group, cause, or person; used most often in politics

**peace**

security or order within a community provided for by law or custom AND/OR harmony in personal relations

**prejudice**

a preconceived and irrational attitude of hostility

**racism**

prejudice based on race

**responsibility**

something you have to take ownership of and care for

**sexism**

prejudice based on gender or sex

**cognitive dissonance**

inner conflict resulting from incompatible beliefs held at the same time

**ethics**

a system for determining what is right and wrong 

**genocide**

the deliberate destruction of a religious, racial, national, or cultural group

**impartial**

not partial or biased; treating or affecting all equally

**objectivity**

an opinion or belief based on facts instead of bias

**relativism**

the view that ethical truths change depending on the individuals and groups holding them

**rights**

powers or privileges to which a person is justly entitled

**subjectivity**

an opinion or belief based on bias instead of facts

**systemic**

part of a major social, economic, or political practice

**violence**

the use of force to damage or destroy