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The Key Terms for the topic "Religion, Peace and Conflict"
Ellen Billingham
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Nuclear Weapons Weapons based on atomic fission or fusion.
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Non-Nuclear weapons which can destroy large areas and/or large numbers of people (eg. chemical weapons)
Pacifism Refusing to fight in wars.
Just War A war that is fought for the right reasons and in a right way.
World Peace The basic aim of the UN to remove the causes of war.
Bullying Intimidating or frightening people weaker than yourself.
Forgiveness The act of stopping blaming someone and/or pardoning them for what they have done wrong.
Moral Relativism A philosophy that asserts there is no global, absolute moral law that applies to all people, for all time and in all places.
Moral Absolutism An ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, regardless of other circumstances such as their consequences or the intentions behind them.
Holy War A war declared or waged in support of a religious cause.
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