Relationships - KEY CONCEPTS EDUQAS

• Adultery

  Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse
• Divorce


  To legally end a marriage
• Cohabitation

  To live together in a sexual relationship, without being married, or in a civil partnership
• Commitment

  A sense of dedication and obligation to someone or something
• Contraception

  Methods used to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant during or following sexual intercourse
• Gender equality

  People of all genders enjoying the same rights and opportunities in all aspects of their lives
• Responsibilities

  Actions/duties you are expected to carry out
• Roles

  Position, status or function of a person in society, as well as the characteristics and social behaviour expected of them
• Afterlife


  Life after death; the belief that existence continues after physical death
• Environmental sustainability

  Ensuring that the demands placed on natural resources can be met without reducing capacity to allow all people and other species of animals, as well as plant life, to live well, now and in the future
• Euthanasia


  From Greek, eu 'good' + thanatos 'death'. Sometimes referred to as 'mercy killing. The act of killing or permitting the death of a person who is suffering from a serious illness
• Evolution


  The process by which different living creatures are believed to have developed from earlier, less complex forms during the history of the earth
• Abortion


  When a pregnancy is ended so that it does not result in the birth of a child
• Quality of life and Sanctity of life


  • Quality of life - the extent to which life is meaningful and pleasurable
  • Sanctity of life - the belief that life is precious, or sacred. For many religious believers, only human life holds this special status
• Soul


  The spiritual aspect of a being; that which connects someone to God. The soul is often regarded as non-physical and as living on after physical death, in an afterlife